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Smock \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Smock \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Smock \Smock\, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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