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▪ I. smeech, n. Now dial.|smiːtʃ|
Forms: 1–2 smec, 2–4 smech, 3–4 smeche, 9 smeech, smeach.
[OE. sméc, variant of smíc, smýc (see smitch n.), from the stem of sméocan smeek v. For the equivalent northern forms see smeek n.]
Smoke; dense or thick vapour, etc. Also in fig. context.
Also in mod. south-western dial. ‘fine dust’, ‘stench’, etc.: see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
c825Vesp. Hymns xii. 11 Clæne ᵹeleafa coelende slepes smec ᵹemetᵹie. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxvii. §3 Hi losiað swa swa sceadu oððe smec. c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) ci. 3 Daᵹas mine ᵹedroren syndan, smece ᵹelice. a1200Moral Ode in O.E. Hom. I. 177 Eure þer is vuel smech, þusternesse and eie. c1250Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 28 We mowe sigge þet stor signefieth þe herte, and se smech luue of gode. c1315Shoreham iii. 192 Þou ert a sot, and myȝt do bet, Ans so siȝst yn þe smeche. 1340Ayenb. 66 Al alsuo huanne me alyȝt þet uer, lhapþ þet smech efter þe layt.
1847Halliw., Smeech,..obscurity in the air, arising from smoke, fog, or dust. South and West. 1875M. G. Pearse D. Quorm 38 A faggot o' green furse 'pon the fire..fillin' the house with smeach and smoke. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 684 Your bakehouse chimley do make such a smeech.
▪ II. smeech, v. Now dial.
Also 9 smeetch, smeechy.
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To blacken or soil with smoke. ? Obs.
1611Cotgr., Patrouiller, to smeech, begrime,..besmeere.
2. intr. To send off smoke, vapour, or the like; to smoke.
1837–in south-western dialects.
3. trans. To perfume or scent.
1897F. T. Jane Lordship xxvii, The hawthorn smeetched the air all round.
Hence ˈsmeecher; smeeching vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Patrouilleur, a smeecher, begrimer, besmearer. Ibid., Patrouillement, a smeeching, begriming, besmearing. 1907Sci. Amer. Suppl. 5 Oct. 210 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.), While the kiln is in operation, the escape of the arsenic fumes can be detected here and there in the form of little jets, which the workmen describe as ‘smeeching’. |