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▪ I. smarting, vbl. n.|ˈsmɑːtɪŋ| [f. smart v.] The fact or sensation of feeling a sharp pain, such as is caused by a wound, sore, burn, or the like.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 83 Win makeð wunde smerte. Ah þe smertinge clenseð þe wunde. a1225Ancr. R. 294 Ȝif þi sulf..one smerte discepline, & drauh..þet swete likunge into smeortunge. a1300Cursor M. 29101 Oft for þam smerting sendis he. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxviii. (Bodl. MS.), Furste he makeþ icching and tekeling, & after þat greete ache and smerting. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 27 Þis enoyntment doþe away alle smertyng and fleyng. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 207 Not hauyng there ony sensible payne or smartyng. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 6 Wounds how to cure, and smartings to allay. 1605R. Armin Foole upon F. (1880) 23 In an enuious spleene smarting ripe, [he] runnes after him. 1715Desaguliers Fires Impr. 41 It causes a smarting also in Animals. 1815Hist. J. De Castro I. 22 Nothing will cure this crack-brain'd coxcomb but a good smarting. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 742 He suffers bad smarting and itching. ▪ II. smarting, ppl. a.|ˈsmɑːtɪŋ| [f. as prec.] 1. Causing to smart; painful; sharp, acute.
1548Elyot, Aestus ulceris, the smartyng peyne of a sore, or byle. 1575Fenton Gold. Ep. (1577) 63 They crucified him vnder a most smarting and infamous death. 1633P. Fletcher Elisa i. xi, Some fault..Hath forc't thee frown, and use thy smarting rod. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 207 He..flung Athwart the fiery steeds the smarting thong. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xviii, The old man winced, as one whose smarting sore is suddenly galled. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 741 She complains of excess of perspiration,..and much of smarting pain. 2. Feeling sharp pain. Also fig.
1754Dodsley Agric. ii. 266 Since oft Its cruel twigs compel the smarting youth To dread the hateful seat. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. i, With smarting eyes and irritated lungs. 1882Daily News 3 Jan. 3/3 A financial crash would at once be laid at its door by the smarting holders of worthless security. |