smack smooth

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• smack-smooth

  Level with the surface; said of a mast which has gone by the board. ...

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• Smack

  ·vi A loud kiss; a buss. II. Smack ·vi A small quantity; a taste. III. Smack ·adv As if with a sma...

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• to smack

  To kiss. I had a smack at her muns: I kissed her mouth. To smack calves skin; to kiss the book, i.e....

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• smack

  A vessel, sometimes like a cutter, used for mercantile purposes, or for carrying passengers; the lar...

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• Smooth

  ·adv <<Smoothly>>. II. Smooth ·adj To free from obstruction; to make easy. III. Smooth ·adj To giv...

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• smooth

  A meadow, or grass field. Get some plantain and dandelion on the smooth for greens.--Margaret. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• smooth

  A Cornish term applied when the surf abates its fury for a short space. Also, the lee of a ship or o...

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• barrack smack

  A corruption of Berwick smack; a word applied to small Scotch traders. The masters were nicknamed ba...

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• berwick smack

  The old and well-found packets of former days, until superseded by steamers. (See barrack smack.) ...

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• fishing-smack

  A sloop having in the hold a well wherein to preserve the fish, particularly lobsters, alive. ...

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• Smooth-chinned

  ·adj Having a smooth chin; beardless. ...

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• Smooth-spoken

  ·adj Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued. ...

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• Smooth-tongued

  ·adj Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering. ...

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• holly, smooth

  n. name given to the tree Hedycarya angustifolia, A. Cunn., N.O. Monimiaceae; called also Native Mu...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• smooth hound

  See hound ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• smooth holly

  n. See holly. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• watching a smooth

  Looking for a temporary subsidence of the waves of a head-sea, previous to easing down the helm, in ...

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