† smotteradj.
Obsolete.
? Pretty, handsome.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons
faireOE
seemlya1225
featous1340
jolly?a1366
tretis?a1366
comelya1375
covenablea1375
well-beseenc1374
favourablea1398
farrandc1400
personable?1435
well-favoureda1438
covenantc1440
likelyc1450
trety?c1450
tret1488
decore?a1513
jimp?a1513
wally?a1513
smotter?1520
snout-fair1530
well-looking1613
comely-looking1648
personal1658
comely-looked1664
winsome1677
tidy1714
good-looking1715
well to be seen1809
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bvij We wyll haue bounsynge besse also And two or thre proper wenchis mo Ryght feyr and smotter of face.
?a1534 H. Medwall Nature ii. sig. fi I shall shew you the smorterst place [? read smotterst face] That euer ye saw wyth eyes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
smotterv.
Scottish. rare.
transitive. To bespatter; to soil or stain.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]
sulec897
smitOE
soil1297
besoila1300
bysulpc1400
smudgec1430
dauba1450
smirch1495
smotter1513
suddle1513
smada1525
coinquinatea1529
puddle1535
moil1575
smut1587
sud1593
sully1601
coninquinate1609
smirch1615
smutcha1616
beslurry1627
besullya1645
smoot1683
besmircha1700
be-smutch1832
guggle1866
dirten1906
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 13 His smotterit habit, our his schulderis lidder, Hang prevagely [etc.].
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 182 Big bluidy draps..Barst out and smotter't a' the stane.
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adj.?1520
v.1513