smit

/ (smɪt) /


noun
  1. the smit Scot and Northern English dialect an infection: he's got the smit

Origin of smit

1
Old English smitte a spot, and smittian to smear; related to Old High German smiz, whence Middle High German smitz

Words Nearby smit

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How to use smit in a sentence

  • In this sun-smit cottage she had left her mother to find a place in the outside world just as I had left my mother in Dakota.