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To smite off, to cut off. -- To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod. xxi. 27. -- To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.
Smite, v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
The heart melteth, and the knees smite together.
Nah. ii. 10.
Smite, n. The act of smiting; a blow.
Smit"er (smt"r), n. One who smites.
I give my back to the smiters.
Isa. l. 6.
Smith (smth), n. [AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife, sminy`h a hoe, mattock.] 1. One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman.
Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
Smith, v. t. [AS. smiðian. See Smith, n.] To beat into shape; to forge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.
Piers Plowman.
Smith"craft` (-krft`), n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Smith"er (sm"r), n. 1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
2. pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]
Smash the bottle to smithers.
Tennyson.
Smith`er*eens" (sm`r*nz"), n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.
Smith"er*y (smth"r*), n.; pl. -ies (-z). 1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
2. Work done by a smith; smithing.
The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke.
Burke.
Smith"ing, n. The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.
Smith*so"ni*an (-s"n*an), a. Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution.
Smith"son*ite (?), n. [See Smithsonian.] (Min.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.
Smith"y (-), n. [AS. smiððe, fr. smið; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smiðja. See Smith, n.] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also smiddy.]
Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands.
Longfellow.
Smitt (smt), n. [CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite, v. t.] Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep. [Eng.] Woodward.
Smit"ten (smt"t'n), p. p. of Smite.
Smit"tle (-t'l), v. t. [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite, v. t.] To infect. [Prov. Eng.]
Smit"tle, n. Infection. [Pov. Eng.] Wright.
{ Smit"tle (smt"t'l), Smit"tlish (- tlsh), } a. Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] H. Kingsley.
Smock (smk), n. [AS. smocc; 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.] 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. Carlyle.
Smock (?), a. 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. [Prov. Eng.]
Smock, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Tennyson.
Smock"-faced` (?), a. Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.
Smock" frock` (?). A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. Macaulay.
Smock"less, a. Wanting a smock. Chaucer.
Smok"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
Smoke (?), n. [AS. smoca, fr. smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. smög, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. &?;&?;&?; to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti to choke.] 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. Shak.
4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke. [Colloq.]
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 (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke. -- Smoke black, lampblack. [Obs.] -- Smoke board, a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room. -- Smoke box, a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney. -- Smoke sail (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. -- Smoke tree (Bot.), 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.
Syn. -- Fume; reek; vapor.
Smoke, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoked (?); p. pr. & vb n. Smoking.] [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smöge. See Smoke, n.] 1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.
Milton.
2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man.
Deut. xxix. 20.
3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field.
Dryden.
4. To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
5. To suffer severely; to be punished.
Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome.
Shak.
Smoke, v. t. 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." Chaucer.
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. [Old Slang]
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.
Smoke"-dry` (?), v. t. To dry by or in smoke.
Smoke"house` (?), n. A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
Smoke"jack` (?), n. A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Smoke"less, a. Making or having no smoke. "Smokeless towers." Pope.
Smok"er (?), n. 1. One who dries or preserves by smoke.
2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
Smoke"stack` (?), n. A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
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Smok"i*ly (?), adv. In a smoky manner.
Smok"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being smoky.
Smok"ing, a. & n. from Smoke.
Smoking bean (Bot.), 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.
Smok"y (?), a. [Compar. Smokier (?); superl. Smokiest.] 1. Emitting smoke, esp. 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." Shak.
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. [Obs.] Foote.
Smoky quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz.
{ Smol"der, Smoul"der } (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered (?) or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.] 1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
{ Smol"der, Smoul"der, } v. t. To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
{ Smol"der, Smoul"der, } n. Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
The smolder stops our nose with stench.
Gascoigne.
{ Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, } a. Being in a state of suppressed
## activity; quiet but not dead.
Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.
Tennyson.
{ Smol"der*ing*ness, Smoul"der*ing*ness } (?), n. The state of smoldering.
{ Smol"dry, Smoul"dry } (?), a. Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.]
A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke.
Spenser.
Smolt (?), n. (Zoöl.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
Smooch (?), v. t. See Smutch.
Smoor (?), v. t. [AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew. Cf. Smother.] To suffocate or smother. [Written also smore.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir T. More. Burns.
Smooth (sm), a. [Compar. Smoother (-r); superl. Smoothest.] [OE. smothe, smethe, AS. smðe, smœðe, where , œ, come from an older ; cf. LG. smöde, smöe, smödig; of uncertain origin.] 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. Chaucer.
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. (Mech. & Physics) 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.
Syn. -- Even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft; bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory; deceptive.
Smooth, adv. Smoothly. Chaucer.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Shak.
Smooth, n. 1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray.
2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
Smooth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smoothed (smthd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smoothing.] [OE. smothen, smethen, AS. smðian; cf. LG. smöden. See Smooth, a.] To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron. Specifically: --
(a) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day.
Pope.
(b) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Milton.
(c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
(d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.
Milton.
(e) To ease; to regulate. Dryden.
Smooth, v. i. To flatter; to use blandishment.
Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog.
Shak.
Smooth"bore` (?), a. (Gun.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled. -- n. A smoothbore firearm.
Smooth"-chinned` (?), a. Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
Smooth"en (?), v. t. To make smooth. [Obs.]
Smooth"er (?), n. One who, or that which, smooths.
Smooth"ing, a. & n. fr. Smooth, v.
Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
Smooth"ly, adv. In a smooth manner.
Smooth"ness, n. Quality or state of being smooth.
Smooth"-spo`ken (?), a. Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
Smooth"-tongued` (?), a. Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
Smore (?), v. t. To smother. See Smoor. [Obs.]
Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored.
Du Bartas.
{ ||Smor*zan"do (?), ||Smor*sa"to (?), } a. [It.] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
Smote (?), imp. (∧ rare p. p.) of Smite.
Smo"ter*lich (?), a. [CF. Smut.] Dirty; foul. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Smoth"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.] 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
Smoth"er, v. i. 1. To be suffocated or stifled.
2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
Smoth"er, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak.
2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
Not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Bacon.
Smother fly (Zoöl.), an aphid.
Smoth"er*i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being smothery.
Smoth"er*ing*ly, adv. In a smothering manner.
Smoth"er*y (?), a. Tending to smother; stifling.
Smouch (?), v. t. [Akin to smack.] To kiss closely. [Obs.] P. Stubbes.
Smouch, v. t. [See Smutch.] To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
Smouch, n. A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Smoul"der (?), v. i. See Smolder.
Smoul"dry (?), a. See Smoldry.
Smudge (?), n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.] 1. A suffocating smoke. Grose.
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] Bartlett.
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
Smudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.] 1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Smudg"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred. C. A. Young.
Smug (?), a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, smöck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock.] Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
The smug and scanty draperies of his style.
De Quincey.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.
Beau. & Fl.
Smug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
Dryton.
Smug"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smuggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smuggling (?).] [Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm&?;gan to creep. See Smock.] 1. To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
Smug"gle, v. i. To import or export in violation of the customs laws.
Smug"gler (?), n. 1. One who smuggles.
2. A vessel employed in smuggling.
Smug"ly, adv. In a smug manner. [R.] Gay.
Smug"ness, n. The quality or state of being smug.
Smut (?), n. [Akin to Sw. smuts, Dan. smuds, MHG. smuz, G. schmutz, D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite. See Smite, v. t., and cf. Smitt, Smutch.] 1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2. (Mining) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3. (Bot.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
Addison.
Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.
Smut (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutting.] 1. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
2. To taint with mildew, as grain. Bacon.
3. To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
4. To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
Smut, v. i. 1. To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. Mortimer.
2. To give off smut; to crock.
Smutch (?), n. [Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.] A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson.
Smutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smutching.] To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also smooch.] B. Jonson.
Smutch"in (?), n. Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.
Smut"ty (?), a. [Compar. Smuttier (?); superl. Smuttiest.] 1. Soiled with smut; smutted.
2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.
3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.
The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd.
Smollett.
-- Smut"ti*ly (#), adv. -- Smut"ti*ness, n.
Smyr"ni*ot (?), a. Of or pertaining to Smyrna. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Smyrna.
Snack (?), n. [See Snatch, v. t.] 1. A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.
At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks."
Pope.
2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
Snack"et (?), n. See Snecket. [Prov. Eng.]
Snac"ot (?), n. [Said to be corrupted fr. NL. syngnathus, fr. Gr. sy`n together + gna`qos jaw, because the jaws can be only slightly separated.] (Zoöl.) A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
Snaf"fle (?), n. [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See Snap, and cf. Neb.] A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.
Snaf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling (?).] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
Snag (?), n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.] 1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.
Dryden.
2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. Prior.
3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
4. (Zoöl.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] -- Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2.
How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side.
J. Cotgrave.
Snag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging (?).] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
Snag"ged (?), a. Full of snags; snaggy.
Snag"gy (?), a. 1. Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots. "Upon a snaggy oak." Spenser.
2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.]
Snail (snl), n. [OE. snaile, AS. snægel, snegel, snægl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidæ. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]