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▪ I. smitch, n.1 Now dial.
Forms: 1–2 smic, smyc, 3 smyche, 3, 9 smiche, 9– smitch.
[OE. smíc, smýc, var. of sméc (see smeech n. and smeek n.), with development of form as in díc ditch.]
Smoke arising from burning or smouldering matter; also dial., grime, dirt, dust, smut, etc.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iii. xi. 142 Swelce se bitresta smic upp astiᵹe. c1000ælfric Gen. xix. 28 Abraham..ᵹeseah, hu þa ysla up fluᵹon mid þam smice. a1100in Napier O.E. Glosses 108/1 Ut fumus euanescens,..swaswa ᵹewitende smyc. c1250Hymn in Trin. Coll. Hom. App. 258 He vs bouchte..of bitter helle fur & of þe fule smiche. c1275Sinners Beware 95 in O.E. Misc., Heo schule..in helle smyche Acoryen hit ful wraþe.
1847Halliw., Smitch, dirt, but generally applied to smoke or dust. West. 1880W. Cornwall Gloss. 52/2 Smitch, the smell or smoke arising from anything burnt in frying.
▪ II. smitch, n.2 (and adv.) Sc. and U.S.|smɪtʃ|
[Of doubtful origin: cf. smit n.2]
A particle, bit. Also used adverbially (rare).
Smitchel is also used in the same sense in U.S.
c1840J. Ramsay Eglinton Park Meeting xxxv, Every smitch o't was a kin' o' red. 1884Advance (Chicago) 10 July, A little smitch of an island. 1963M. McCarthy Group viii. 177 Neat but not gaudy, in a plain skirt and shirtwaist,..an old cameo brooch..—general effect a smitch Victorian.
▪ III. smitch, v. Now dial.|smɪtʃ|
[f. smitch n.1]
trans. To affect with smoke or smut.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. v. (1626) 101 That soile..Now barren grew... Now, too much drouth annoys; now, lodging showres: Stars smitch, winds blast. 1878E. W. L. Davies Mem. J. Russell 71 The country-people..left their milk-pans on the fire till the cream was ‘smitched’, or perhaps burned. |