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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smock \smock\, v. t.
to provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
--tennyson.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smock \smock\ smo^k, n. as. smocc; akin to ohg. smocho,
icel. smokkr, and from the root of as. sm=ugan to creep,
akin to g. schmiegen to cling to, press close, mhg. smiegen,
icel. smj=uga to creep through, to put on a garment which
has a hole to put the head through; cf. lith. smukti to
glide. cf. smug, smuggle.
1. a woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
1913 webster
in her smock, with head and foot all bare.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
2. a blouse; a smoock frock. --carlyle.
1913 webster
see also:
smug smuggle
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smock \smock\, a.
of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or
pertaining to a woman.
1913 webster
smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to
meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose
whole building turns on a post.
smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
prov. eng.
1913 webster
see also:
smock mill smock race
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smock
n : a loose coverall coat or frock reaching down to the ankles
syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, dust coat
v : embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally;
"the folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
see also:
duster gaberdine gabardine dust coat
- [5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
smock, pa
zip codes: 15480
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