About The Word Smock
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Smock
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What's The Definition Of Smock?
[n] a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
[v] embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally, as of a garment; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts" Synonyms | Synonyms for Smock: dust coat | duster | gabardine | gaberdine Related Terms | Find terms related to Smock: See Also | adorn | beautify | coverall | decorate | embellish | grace | ornament Smock In Webster's Dictionary \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho,
Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep,
akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen,
Icel. smj[=u]ga 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. |
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