| smock | 1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. "In her smock, with head and foot all bare." (Chaucer) 2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Origin: AS. Smoc; akin to OHG. Smocho, Icel. Smokkr, and from the root of AS. Smgan to creep, akin to G. Schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. Smiegen, Icel. Smjga 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. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| smog | A mixture of smoke and fog polluting the atmosphere. (12 Dec 1998) |
| smoke | 1. To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc, by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation. 2. To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple." 3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. "I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him." (Chapman) "He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu." (Shak) "Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers." (Addison) 4. To ridicule to the face; to quiz. 5. To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar. 6. To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow. 1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like. The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot. 2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist. 3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. 4. The act of smoking, especially. Of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke. Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. Forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc. Smoke arch, the smoke box of a locomotive. Smoke ball, a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. <botany> Smoke tree, a shrub (Rhus Cotinus) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke. To end in smoke, to burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing. Synonym: Fume, reek, vapor. Origin: AS. Smoca, fr. Smeocan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. Smook smoke, Dan. Smog, G. Schmauch, and perh. To Gr. To burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. Smaugti to choke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| smoke inhalation injury | Pulmonary injury following the breathing in of toxic smoke from burning materials such as plastics, synthetics, building materials, etc. This injury is the most frequent cause of death in burn patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| smokehouse | A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| smoker's patches | An obsolete term for leukoplakia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smoker's tongue | An obsolete term for leukoplakia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smoking | From Smoke. <botany> Smoking bean, the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| smoking cessation | Discontinuation of the habit of smoking, the inhaling and exhaling of tobacco smoke. (12 Dec 1998) |
| smoky | 1. Emitting smoke, especially. In large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires. 2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." 3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere. 4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house. 5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells. 6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. <chemical> Smoky quartz, a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown colour. See Quartz. Origin: Smokier; Smokiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| smoldering leukaemia | A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This condition may progress and become acute leukaemia. Smoldering leukaemia also is called myelodysplastic syndrome or preleukaemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| smolt | <marine biology> Juvenile salmonid one or more years old that has undergone physiological changes to cope with a marine environment, the seaward migration stage of an anadromous salmonid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| smoltification | <marine biology> Suite of physiological, morphological, biochemical and behavioural changes, including development of the silvery colour of adults and a tolerance for seawater, that take place in salmonid parr as they prepare to migrate downstream and enter the sea. (09 Oct 1997) |
| smooth | 1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. "The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities." (Dryden) 2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair. 3. Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream. 4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent. "The only smooth poet of those times." (Milton) "Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line." (Pope) "When sage Minerva rose, From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows." (Gay) 5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering. "This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft Conceal a traitor." (Addison) 6. <mechanics> Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless. Smooth is often used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied, smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth-faced, smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained, smooth-leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking, smooth-woven, and the like. Synonym: Even, plain, level, flat, polished, glossy, sleek, soft, bland, mild, soothing, voluble, flattering, adulatory, deceptive. Origin: OE. Smothe, smethe, AS. Smethe, smoe<edt/e, where e, oe, come from an older o; cf. LG. Smode, smoe, smodig; of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| smooth chorion | The portion of the chorion from which the villi disappear in the later stages of pregnancy. Synonym: smooth chorion. (05 Mar 2000) |