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smeechn. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch smooc (Dutch smook ), Middle Low German smōk , Middle High German smouch (German Schmauch ) < an ablaut variant (o -grade, hence with Germanic *au ) of the Germanic base of smeek v., with a suffix causing i-mutation in English (original i -stem). Compare smeek n., smitch n.1The α. forms represent Old English (early West Saxon) *smīec (attested as smīc , later smȳc ; showing i-mutation of ēa ) and its later reflexes. The β. forms represent the corresponding Old English (non-West Saxon) smēc (also showing i-mutation of ēa ) and its later reflexes; occasional attestations of smēc in West Saxon texts are apparently the result of non-West Saxon influence. The early form smoec at β. forms (one isolated attestation) is probably a reverse spelling for smēc ; compare roec at reek n.1 α. forms, also attested in the Junius Psalter. The Middle English (and later) forms reflect palatalization and assibilation of the original velar plosive /k/ in Old English (not distinguished in spelling until the Middle English period); the palatalization was caused by the same stem-forming suffix that caused i-mutation of the stem vowel. Compare later smeek n. and see discussion at that entry. The spelling of the early Middle English forms smich, smiche, smyche at α. forms is ambiguous, and could alternatively show smitch n.1 (compare forms at that entry). Now chiefly English regional ( south-western). the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > thick or dense vapour the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > smoke α. eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) iii. xi. 77 Swelce se bitresta smic upp astige & þonne wide tofare. OE Ælfric (Claud.) xix. 28 Abraham..geseah hu þa ysla upp flugon mid þam smice. a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (McClean) l. 263 in (1907) 30 234 Euere þar is muchel smich [?c1250 Egerton smech] & þusternesse & eie. a1300 in R. Morris (1872) 75 Heo schule..in helle smyche Acoryen hit ful wraþe. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 115 He vs bouchte..of bitter helle-fur & of þe fule smiche. a1902 C. K. Paul in (1904) V. 551/2 [Dorset] The smichenearly choked me when I was a-droshin chaff. 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin IV. ii. 508 Smoke,..[Somerset]_smaɩtʃ [‘older’]. 1968 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin IV. iii. 882 In summer when there has been no rain for a long time, the country roads are covered with.. [Dorset]_smaɩtʃ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smeechv.Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: smeech n. Etymology: Probably < smeech n. Compare earlier smeek v., and also smutch v., smitch v., smooch v.1Compare also the Old English weak causative verb smīecan (transitive) to smoke, fumigate, (intransitive) to smoke (see smeek v.), of which the expected reflex in modern English would be smeech. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with smoke 1611 R. Cotgrave Patrouiller, to smeech, begrime,..besmeere. a1794 M. Palmer (1837) 4 The bread and butter that many a poor soul woud a jump'd abou ground vor, lied smeeching and frizzing in the vire. 1824 1 108 A piece of broiled meat..served up reeking from the coals, smeeched and smoked. 1836 R. Polwhele (new ed.) 91/1 Smeeching, frizzing and stinking. 1867 W. F. Rock 9 Giles, git a mite o' rubbly cawl, They've drawed a wallage on o' small, 'T 'as smeetchéd all tha day. 1897 8 416 Here and there along a series of flues one sees little jets of escaping fumes where the arsenic—as they say in the district—is ‘smeeching’. 1901 May 44 They dussen alwes clane their lamps, an' they smeeches crool sometimes. 2015 L. Wood v. 31 A second later, the fire was smeeching, a stench of acrid soot as smoke leaked out of the vents. the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)] 1897 F. T. Jane xxvii. 288 The hawthorn smeetched the air all round. 1911 J. Galsworthy xxxi. 427 The late perfume of the lilac came stealing forth into air faintly smeeched [1909 smeethed] with chimney smoke. Derivatives 1611 R. Cotgrave Patrouilleur, a smeecher, begrimer, besmearer. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > dirtying with smoke 1611 R. Cotgrave Patrouillement, a smeeching, begriming, besmearing. 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio 339 Fumigare, vaporare, fumare, a smeeching, smutching, as to smutch. 1907 5 Oct. 210/2 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’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.eOEv.1611 |
/smaitʃ/.