单词 | smeeth |
释义 | smeethadj.n. Obsolete exc. dialect. A. adj. Smooth; free from roughness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] smeethc725 unroughOE plaina1398 balghc1440 smoothc1440 glat1481 fair1486 handsmooth1530 terse1602 smooth-faced1647 sleekyc1725 smack-smooth1755 knotless1792 gleg1808 textureless1846 glabrous1860 unsculptured1891 c725 Corpus Gloss. P 511 Politis, smoeðum. c825 Vesp. Hymns xii. 7 Ðec stefn smoeðu hlydeð. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xix. 23 Cyrtil unruh vel smoeðe. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 5 Ungerydu [beoð] on smeðe wegas. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 Þat he [a rod] he riht and smal and long and smeþe. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 1 Þe an riwleð þe heorte & makeð efne & smeðe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxxv Þe flessch of þe lunges is nassche and smeþe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3490 Þe first was born was rogh as hare, þe toþer child was smeth and bare. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 47 Þou hit sethe With otene grotes, þat ben so smethe. B. n. A level space. East Anglian dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain fieldeOE wong971 field landOE woldc1220 flat1296 plainc1325 field placec1384 champaign?a1400 floor?a1400 smeethc1440 plain-land1487 weald1544 champian1589 camp1605 level1623 campaign1628 planure1632 campania1663 esplanade1681 flatland1735 vlakte1785 steppe1837 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 460/2 Smethe, or smothe,..planicies. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Smeath, an open level of considerable extent. [Rye (1895) adds, commonly pronounced and printed Smee.] 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 70 Smeaa—used for marshland, as ‘Down by the carnser and over the smeaa’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smeethv. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To make smooth. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] smeethc1000 slipe1390 smoothc1440 sleck1530 explain1549 smooth1611 besmooth?1615 sleek1619 deglabrate1623 unruffle1629 smoothen1678 cleanse1680 smoothen1680 smooth1859 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 210 Ærest him is to sellanne þæt þone innoð stille & smeþe. a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 47/2 Salebrosos complanans anfractus, woge smeþiende hylcas. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 31 He wile seggen and foxliche smeþien mid worde, Nabbe ic nawiht þer-of. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 3 Richten hire & smeðen hire is..of uh religion..þe strengðe. c1230 Hali Meid. 27 Ah Ichulle scheawen hit al wið falschipe ismeðet. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. lvii Enula..haþ vertu to plane and to smethe..and to comforte senewes. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. xlv Bitter þinges..bi..drynes..beþ made smeþinge & softinge. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 353 To Smooth (vulg. to smeath), to iron washed linen. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Smeeth, to smooth. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Smeeth, to iron linen. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Smeeth (the th as in seethe), to smooth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.c725v.c1000 |
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