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)
The woods that deck yon' fading waste, That every wanton gale embrac'd, Ere summer yet made haste to fly; How smit with frost the pride of June!
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
But we say likewise, thrive, rise, smit, writ, abid, rid.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel
Yes, Lakshmaṇ, smit with love of me Thy brother's death thou fain wouldst see.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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