smit
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of smit
Old English smitte a spot, and smittian to smear; related to Old High German smiz, whence Middle High German smitz
Example Sentences
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There the steel hisses and the sparks upleap, And clanging anvils, smit with dexterous aim, Groan through the cavern, as their strokes they heap, And restless in the furnace pants the flame.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
They’re fleid to smit their ain litlins; and as it happens, Sam’l’s friends is a’ aff to the glen.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
A bright shaft has smit the streams, With gold gleams the water-flag; Leaps the fish, and on the hills Ardour thrills the flying stag.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
He chafes her small white hands and dainty limbs, And, from the well, drops water on her brow; But all in vain—so cold and still she lies, Like living beauty sudden smit with death!
From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis
“Then when you’ve smit your rector on one cheek you quote the Bible to make him think he ought to turn his overcoat also.”
From Hepsey Burke by Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)
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