An archaism for a scimitar. In the legend of Captain Jones, 1659, we are told:
"His fatal smiter thrice aloft he shakes,
And frowns; the sea, and ship, and canvas quakes."
·noun One who smites. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An arm. To smite one's tutor; to get money from him. ACADEMIC TERM. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose