smilt
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smɪlt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪlt
Verb
smilt (third-person singular simple present smilts, present participle smilting, simple past and past participle smilted)
- (obsolete) To melt.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
- having imbibed too much, many Corns will smilt, or have their Pulp turn'd into a substance like thick Cream
References
- “smilt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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