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smeddum|ˈsmɛdəm|
Forms: 1 smeodoma, -uma (smetuma ?), smed(e)ma, smidema, 8 smedim, smeadum, 8–9 smeddum (9 -am).
[OE., of obscure origin.]
1. A fine powder; esp. fine flour. (For other late examples see smitham.)
c725Corpus Gloss. P 497 Polenta, smeodoma. a900Leiden Gloss. 74 Simila, smetuma. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 258 Ᵹemin ðas wyrte butan wyrttruman, cnuca mid smedman. Ibid. II. 132 Ᵹenim acrinde, & driᵹe, & wirc to smedman. 1808Jamieson, Smeddum, the powder or finest part of ground malt; also called malt smeddum.
b. A powder used for medical purposes, or as a vermin-killer.
1786Burns To a Louse v, O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum. 1828Examiner 35/1 We cannot touch precious ointment without scenting of smeddam.
c. Mining. = smitham 2.
1853Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 37 ‘Undressed smeddum,’ being what has passed through the sieve of the hotching⁓tub. Ibid., ‘Smeddum,’ after being dressed or cleared from all foreign substances.
2. Sc. Spirit, pith, ‘go’; alertness of mind and vigour in action; energy.
1790D. Morison Poems 4 He has nae smeadum. 1791J. Learmont Poems 215 A guidly band Did smedim shaw on ilka strand. 1821Galt Ann. Parish xxx, Lacking somewhat of that birr and smeddum that is the juice and flavour of books of that sort. 1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 129, I was fairly tongue-tied; For I had na the smeddum to chide her. 1897Crockett Lads' Love iii, He had been harmlessly expending all the pith and smeddum of his blows upon a..bolster. |