smitchn.¹

Brit.

/smɪtʃ/, U.S.

/smɪtʃ/, Scottish English

/smɪtʃ/

Forms: Middle English smiche, Middle English smych, 1600s 1800s– smitch; English regional (Bedfordshire) 1800s smetch.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smeech n.

Etymology: Variant of smeech n., with shortening of the vowel. Compare later smitch v.Quots. a1300¹, a1300², a1300³ at smeech n. α. may show earlier examples of this word; compare discussion at that entry. It has been suggested that sense 2 (particularly in northern English and Scots use) may show a different word; compare smitch n.² and smutch n.

1. Smoke from burning or smouldering material. Chiefly English regional (south-western) in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > grime, soot, or coal dirt

sootc725

smitchc1330

culmc1440

coom1587

coal slack1612

grime1612

crock1657

fuliginosity1662

collow1675

smut1693

colly1708

smutch1791

brook1825

stokers1899

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > smoke

reekeOE

smeecheOE

smokec1000

smeekc1175

smeeksa1225

roke1292

smitchc1330

fume?a1400

reeking1401

fumee1481

fumierc1500

smook?a1513

suffumigation1567

suffumige1666

fog1728

c1330 (?c1300) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Auch.) in Englische Studien (1877) 1 105 Out of þe halle com an hete, Þat þe kniȝt bigan to swete, he seiȝe so foule a smiche [rhyme swiche].

a1450 (?1409) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Royal) (1991) 96 Þyulk sowles lay..on the grownd..and all the stenche and þe smych of al the fires toforesaid rysyng vp in here mouthes.

1815 Vocal Mag. July 30 Mrs. Quotem and I sit by the fire-side, she all snuff and two-penny, and I all pig tail and short cut;..all smitch, smoke, and smother.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 52/2 Smeech, Smitch, the smell or smoke arising from anything burnt in frying.

1881 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 13 215 The usual mode of obtaining artificial light was by burning oil in pottery lamps... Many persons living..have a keen remembrance of the ‘smitch’ which they emitted.

1912 R. E. Priestley Diary 25 May in Antarctic Adventure (1915) xx. 291 We had to do away with the blubber fires because of the smitch, for the drift kept on filling the chimney and preventing the draught from flowing.

1954 R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth iii. 41 The acrid reek of smoke and smitch drifted across the fort.

2010 J. Penny So Few on Earth v. 52 She fried up some fat, filling the cabin with smitch (smoke).

2. A dirty mark; a spot of dirt; (also) a blemish. Also as a mass noun: dirt; grime; filth. Also figurative. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern and south-western).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish

tachec1330

vicec1386

flakec1400

plotc1400

offencec1425

defectc1450

disconformity1505

defection1526

blemish1535

fitch1550

blot1578

flaw1604

tainta1616

mulct1632

smitch1638

scarring1816

out1886

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark

smitOE

soil1501

smutch1530

sullya1616

smitch1638

smut1664

smircha1688

moil1818

high-water mark1847

smouch1873

tide-mark1907

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 683 He [sc. the Drunkard] is like some putrid Grave, the deeper you digge, the fuller you shall find him, both of smitch and horror.

a1819 J. Curry in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 555/2 Smitch, a spot, speck, stain..commonly applied in speaking of the skin.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Smitch, dirt, but generally applied to smoke or dust. West.

1858 H. S. Riddell Song of Solomon in Lowland Scotch iv. 7 Thou art a' fair, my loefe, ther is nae smitch in thee.

1900 R. Heughan in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. 361/2 [Kirkcudbrightshire] It's quite clean, there's no even a smitch on't.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 120/2 Smitch, a black particle, a smut, smudge. ‘Wheer's all theease smitches frae?’

1992 D. Purves Shakespeare's Tragedie o Macbeth v. i. 56 Lady Macbeth Oot demned smitch! Oot wi ye, A say!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

smitchn.²

Brit.

/smɪtʃ/, U.S.

/smɪtʃ/, Scottish English

/smɪtʃ/

Forms: 1800s smytch, 1800s– smitch.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smitch n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a specific sense development of smitch n.¹, showing development from a sense ‘speck of dirt, spot, mark’ (compare sense smitch n.¹ 2) to a sense ‘very small amount’ (for a possible parallel compare earlier smutch n.), or perhaps (ii) related to smit n.² (see discussion at that entry), although the nature of any relationship is unclear. Compare also later in a similar sense smitchel n., smite n.¹ 2b, smidge n., smidgen n.

Originally Scottish (in later use chiefly U.S.). Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. Also (and earliest) in a smitch of a—— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece

pointc1300

smitc1330

tittlea1450

scraplet1519

jot1526

splinter1609

bitling1674

shredling1674

frustulum1700

rissom1808

smitch1822

fractionlet1830

scrapling1843

pick1866

parcel1873

scrappet1901

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xi. 108 I ken vera weel that ye dinna like to hae sic a wee smytch o' apartner as me.

1840 J. Ramsay Eglinton Park Meeting (ed. 2) 17 Every smitch o't was a kin' o' red.

1884 Advance (Chicago) 10 July A little smitch of an island.

1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxviii. 351 There ain't scarcely a smitch of money left in the bank for you.

1942 Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press 16 Sept. 5/6 A simple toque—really just a smitch of a cap with a full frou of soft loops all around.

1945 Chester (Pa.) Times 12 June 17/2 ‘Not even a teeny weeny smitch?’ asked Jangle.

2004 R. F. Capon Light Theol. & Heavy Cream xvi. 70 ‘Oh, goody, pâté. Lots of Cognac and garlic, I hope.’ ‘Not a smitch of either, as a matter of fact.’

Phrases

Originally and chiefly U.S. a smitch: (used adverbially) a bit, a touch; slightly, somewhat.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb]

smally1562

small1582

smitch1895

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little

littlec1175

a litec1290

a little quantityc1330

little whata1387

wee1513

a whit1526

thought1581

a wee bita1661

a small (also little) matter1690

a trifle1859

a wheen1869

a taste1894

smitch1895

a lick1902

mite1939

a skosh1959

a tidge1959

a tad1969

1895 Semi-weekly Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gaz. 24 Dec. We'll find our little tad ag'in, Not grow'd a smitch more high.

1906 F. U. Adams Bottom of Well i. 14 A good line shot, but a smitch too high. Them light guns always kick up a little.

1963 M. McCarthy Group viii. 177 Neat but not gaudy, in a plain skirt and shirtwaist,..an old cameo brooch..—general effect a smitch Victorian.

2014 Variety (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Real Estalker section) The estate..eventually sold via a live outcry auction for a smitch over $16 million.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

smitchv.

Brit.

/smɪtʃ/, U.S.

/smɪtʃ/

Forms: 1600s– smitch, 1800s smetch (English regional (Bedfordshire)).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: smitch n.¹

Etymology: Probably < smitch n.¹ Compare earlier smit v., smeech v., smutch v., and also smooch v.¹In quot. 1626 perhaps showing an error for smirch v.

Chiefly English regional (chiefly northern and south-western) in later use.

transitive. To blacken, esp. with smoke; to scorch; (more generally) to make dirty, to mark.In quot. 1626 intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

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)] > begrime

grime1483

begrimlyc1485

begrimea1556

be-smut1610

smitch1626

crock1642

bruckle1691

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis v. 101 That soile..Now barren grew... Now, too much drouth annoys; now, lodging showrs: Stars smitch [1621 smirch], winds blast.

1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Smitch, to smirch or blacken with smoke.

1878 E. W. L. Davies Mem. Rev. J. Russell 71 The country-people..left their milk-pans on the fire till the cream was ‘smitched’, or perhaps burned.

a1895 W. H. Daniels MS Coll. N. Devonshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 555/2 There! now you've smitched my copy-book.

Derivatives

smitched adj. blackened by smoke or soot; (more generally) stained, marked.In quot. 1957 in soot-smitched: soot-stained.

ΚΠ

1760 G. A. Stevens Hist. Tom Fool I. x. 49 The Lady returned the Insult by a blazing Candle, which singed as it stuck, between the smitched Brows of Madam Churchwarden.

1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 177/1 Smitch'd, dotted all over; specked on the surface.

1957 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 12 Apr. 2/6 Nevertheless, we're tempted to hang out a flag of mourning—say, a soot-smitched curtain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c1330

n.²1822

v.1626

单词	smitch
释义	smitchn.¹ Brit. /smɪtʃ/, U.S. /smɪtʃ/, Scottish English /smɪtʃ/ Forms: Middle English smiche, Middle English smych, 1600s 1800s– smitch; English regional (Bedfordshire) 1800s smetch. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smeech n. Etymology: Variant of smeech n., with shortening of the vowel. Compare later smitch v.Quots. a1300¹, a1300², a1300³ at smeech n. α. may show earlier examples of this word; compare discussion at that entry. It has been suggested that sense 2 (particularly in northern English and Scots use) may show a different word; compare smitch n.² and smutch n. 1. Smoke from burning or smouldering material. Chiefly English regional (south-western) in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > grime, soot, or coal dirt sootc725 smitchc1330 culmc1440 coom1587 coal slack1612 grime1612 crock1657 fuliginosity1662 collow1675 smut1693 colly1708 smutch1791 brook1825 stokers1899 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > smoke reekeOE smeecheOE smokec1000 smeekc1175 smeeksa1225 roke1292 smitchc1330 fume?a1400 reeking1401 fumee1481 fumierc1500 smook?a1513 suffumigation1567 suffumige1666 fog1728 c1330 (?c1300) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Auch.) in Englische Studien (1877) 1 105 Out of þe halle com an hete, Þat þe kniȝt bigan to swete, he seiȝe so foule a smiche [rhyme swiche]. a1450 (?1409) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Royal) (1991) 96 Þyulk sowles lay..on the grownd..and all the stenche and þe smych of al the fires toforesaid rysyng vp in here mouthes. 1815 Vocal Mag. July 30 Mrs. Quotem and I sit by the fire-side, she all snuff and two-penny, and I all pig tail and short cut;..all smitch, smoke, and smother. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 52/2 Smeech, Smitch, the smell or smoke arising from anything burnt in frying. 1881 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 13 215 The usual mode of obtaining artificial light was by burning oil in pottery lamps... Many persons living..have a keen remembrance of the ‘smitch’ which they emitted. 1912 R. E. Priestley Diary 25 May in Antarctic Adventure (1915) xx. 291 We had to do away with the blubber fires because of the smitch, for the drift kept on filling the chimney and preventing the draught from flowing. 1954 R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth iii. 41 The acrid reek of smoke and smitch drifted across the fort. 2010 J. Penny So Few on Earth v. 52 She fried up some fat, filling the cabin with smitch (smoke). 2. A dirty mark; a spot of dirt; (also) a blemish. Also as a mass noun: dirt; grime; filth. Also figurative. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern and south-western). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish tachec1330 vicec1386 flakec1400 plotc1400 offencec1425 defectc1450 disconformity1505 defection1526 blemish1535 fitch1550 blot1578 flaw1604 tainta1616 mulct1632 smitch1638 scarring1816 out1886 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark smitOE soil1501 smutch1530 sullya1616 smitch1638 smut1664 smircha1688 moil1818 high-water mark1847 smouch1873 tide-mark1907 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 683 He [sc. the Drunkard] is like some putrid Grave, the deeper you digge, the fuller you shall find him, both of smitch and horror. a1819 J. Curry in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 555/2 Smitch, a spot, speck, stain..commonly applied in speaking of the skin. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Smitch, dirt, but generally applied to smoke or dust. West. 1858 H. S. Riddell Song of Solomon in Lowland Scotch iv. 7 Thou art a' fair, my loefe, ther is nae smitch in thee. 1900 R. Heughan in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. 361/2 [Kirkcudbrightshire] It's quite clean, there's no even a smitch on't. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 120/2 Smitch, a black particle, a smut, smudge. ‘Wheer's all theease smitches frae?’ 1992 D. Purves Shakespeare's Tragedie o Macbeth v. i. 56 Lady Macbeth Oot demned smitch! Oot wi ye, A say! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smitchn.² Brit. /smɪtʃ/, U.S. /smɪtʃ/, Scottish English /smɪtʃ/ Forms: 1800s smytch, 1800s– smitch. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smitch n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a specific sense development of smitch n.¹, showing development from a sense ‘speck of dirt, spot, mark’ (compare sense smitch n.¹ 2) to a sense ‘very small amount’ (for a possible parallel compare earlier smutch n.), or perhaps (ii) related to smit n.² (see discussion at that entry), although the nature of any relationship is unclear. Compare also later in a similar sense smitchel n., smite n.¹ 2b, smidge n., smidgen n. Originally Scottish (in later use chiefly U.S.). Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace. Also (and earliest) in a smitch of a—— and variants: a very small (insignificant) example of a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece pointc1300 smitc1330 tittlea1450 scraplet1519 jot1526 splinter1609 bitling1674 shredling1674 frustulum1700 rissom1808 smitch1822 fractionlet1830 scrapling1843 pick1866 parcel1873 scrappet1901 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xi. 108 I ken vera weel that ye dinna like to hae sic a wee smytch o' apartner as me. 1840 J. Ramsay Eglinton Park Meeting (ed. 2) 17 Every smitch o't was a kin' o' red. 1884 Advance (Chicago) 10 July A little smitch of an island. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxviii. 351 There ain't scarcely a smitch of money left in the bank for you. 1942 Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press 16 Sept. 5/6 A simple toque—really just a smitch of a cap with a full frou of soft loops all around. 1945 Chester (Pa.) Times 12 June 17/2 ‘Not even a teeny weeny smitch?’ asked Jangle. 2004 R. F. Capon Light Theol. & Heavy Cream xvi. 70 ‘Oh, goody, pâté. Lots of Cognac and garlic, I hope.’ ‘Not a smitch of either, as a matter of fact.’ Phrases Originally and chiefly U.S. a smitch: (used adverbially) a bit, a touch; slightly, somewhat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] smally1562 small1582 smitch1895 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to a small extent or a little littlec1175 a litec1290 a little quantityc1330 little whata1387 wee1513 a whit1526 thought1581 a wee bita1661 a small (also little) matter1690 a trifle1859 a wheen1869 a taste1894 smitch1895 a lick1902 mite1939 a skosh1959 a tidge1959 a tad1969 1895 Semi-weekly Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gaz. 24 Dec. We'll find our little tad ag'in, Not grow'd a smitch more high. 1906 F. U. Adams Bottom of Well i. 14 A good line shot, but a smitch too high. Them light guns always kick up a little. 1963 M. McCarthy Group viii. 177 Neat but not gaudy, in a plain skirt and shirtwaist,..an old cameo brooch..—general effect a smitch Victorian. 2014 Variety (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Real Estalker section) The estate..eventually sold via a live outcry auction for a smitch over $16 million. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smitchv. Brit. /smɪtʃ/, U.S. /smɪtʃ/ Forms: 1600s– smitch, 1800s smetch (English regional (Bedfordshire)). Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: smitch n.¹ Etymology: Probably < smitch n.¹ Compare earlier smit v., smeech v., smutch v., and also smooch v.¹In quot. 1626 perhaps showing an error for smirch v. Chiefly English regional (chiefly northern and south-western) in later use. transitive. To blacken, esp. with smoke; to scorch; (more generally) to make dirty, to mark.In quot. 1626 intransitive. ΘΚΠ 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)] > begrime grime1483 begrimlyc1485 begrimea1556 be-smut1610 smitch1626 crock1642 bruckle1691 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis v. 101 That soile..Now barren grew... Now, too much drouth annoys; now, lodging showrs: Stars smitch [1621 smirch], winds blast. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Smitch, to smirch or blacken with smoke. 1878 E. W. L. Davies Mem. Rev. J. Russell 71 The country-people..left their milk-pans on the fire till the cream was ‘smitched’, or perhaps burned. a1895 W. H. Daniels MS Coll. N. Devonshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 555/2 There! now you've smitched my copy-book. Derivatives smitched adj. blackened by smoke or soot; (more generally) stained, marked.In quot. 1957 in soot-smitched: soot-stained. ΚΠ 1760 G. A. Stevens Hist. Tom Fool I. x. 49 The Lady returned the Insult by a blazing Candle, which singed as it stuck, between the smitched Brows of Madam Churchwarden. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale 177/1 Smitch'd, dotted all over; specked on the surface. 1957 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 12 Apr. 2/6 Nevertheless, we're tempted to hang out a flag of mourning—say, a soot-smitched curtain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1330n.²1822v.1626
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