Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as smit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun engraving Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.

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  • noun UK Fine clay or ochre made up into balls, used for marking sheep.

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Compare German Schmitz ("a stain"), schmitzen ("to besmear"). See smite (transitive verb).

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