SMATTER
Smat"ter, v. t.
1. To talk superficially about.
2. To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack. Chaucer.
SMATTER
Smat"ter, n.
Defn: Superficial knowledge; a smattering.
SMATTERER
Smat"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.
SMATTERING
Smat"ter*ing, n.
Defn: A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism. I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all. Burton.
SMEAR Smear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] Etym: [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.]