Smorzando
(||Smor*zan"do ||Smor*sa"to) a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying
away; morendo.
Smote
(Smote) imp. (&and rare p. p.) of Smite.
Smoterlich
(Smo"ter*lich) a. [CF. Smut.] Dirty; foul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Smother
(Smoth"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin
to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the
like; as, to smother a fire.
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.
Smother
(Smoth"er), v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.
2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
Smother
(Smoth"er), n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak.
2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
Not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Bacon. Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.
Smotheriness
(Smoth"er*i*ness) n. The quality or state of being smothery.
Smotheringly
(Smoth"er*ing*ly), adv. In a smothering manner.
Smothery
(Smoth"er*y) a. Tending to smother; stifling.
Smouch
(Smouch) v. t. [Akin to smack.] To kiss closely. [Obs.] P. Stubbes.
Smouch
(Smouch), v. t. [See Smutch.] To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
Smouch
(Smouch), n. A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Smoulder
(Smoul"der) v. i. See Smolder.
Smouldry
(Smoul"dry) a. See Smoldry.
Smudge
(Smudge) n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.
