Smart (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Smarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smarting.] [OE. smarten, AS. smeortan; akin to D.
smarten, smerten, G. schmerzen, OHG.
smerzan, Dan. smerte, SW. smärta, D.
smart, smert, a pain, G. schmerz, Ohg.
smerzo, and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, terrible, fearful, Skr. m&?;d to
rub, crush. Cf. Morsel.] 1. To feel a
lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the
seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds
smart. Chaucer. Shak.
2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel
sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
No creature smarts so little as a
fool.
Pope.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for
it.
Prov. xi. 15.
Smart, v. t. To cause a smart
in. "A goad that . . . smarts the flesh." T.
Adams.
Smart, n. [OE. smerte. See
Smart, v. i.] 1. Quick,
pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture
by nettles. "In pain's smart." Chaucer.
2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent
grief; as, the smart of affliction.
To stand 'twixt us and our deserved
smart.
Milton.
Counsel mitigates the greatest
smart.
Spenser.
3. A fellow who affects smartness, briskness,
and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang] Fielding.
4. Smart money (see below). [Canf]
Smart (?), a. [Compar.
Smarter (?); superl. Smartest.] [OE.
smerte. See Smart, v. i.]
1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a
smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my
conscience.
Shak.
2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart
pain.
3. Vigorous; sharp; severe.
"Smart skirmishes, in which many fell." Clarendon.
4. Accomplishing, or able to accomplish,
results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [Colloq.]
5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "The
stars shine smarter." Dryden.
6. Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in
suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a
smart saying.
Who, for the poor renown of being smart
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
Young.
A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very
smart.
Addison.
7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a
smart gown.
8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart
breeze.
Smart money. (a) Money paid
by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some
painful situation. (b) (Mil.) Money
allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and
injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being
sworn in, to procure his release from service.
(c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages;
damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
Burrill. Greenleaf. -- Smart ticket,
a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart
money. [Eng.] Brande & C.
Syn. -- Pungent; poignant; sharp; tart; acute; quick;
lively; brisk; witty; clever; keen; dashy; showy. -- Smart,
Clever. Smart has been much used in New England to
describe a person who is intelligent, vigorous, and active; as, a
smart young fellow; a smart workman, etc., conciding
very nearly with the English sense of clever. The nearest
approach to this in England is in such expressions as, he was
smart (pungent or witty) in his reply, etc.; but smart
and smartness, when applied to persons, more commonly refer to dress;
as, a smart appearance; a smart gown, etc.
Smart (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Smarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smarting.] [OE. smarten, AS. smeortan; akin to D.
smarten, smerten, G. schmerzen, OHG.
smerzan, Dan. smerte, SW. smärta, D.
smart, smert, a pain, G. schmerz, Ohg.
smerzo, and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, terrible, fearful, Skr. m&?;d to
rub, crush. Cf. Morsel.] 1. To feel a
lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the
seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds
smart. Chaucer. Shak.
2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel
sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
No creature smarts so little as a
fool.
Pope.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for
it.
Prov. xi. 15.
Smart, v. t. To cause a smart
in. "A goad that . . . smarts the flesh." T.
Adams.
Smart, n. [OE. smerte. See
Smart, v. i.] 1. Quick,
pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture
by nettles. "In pain's smart." Chaucer.
2. Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent
grief; as, the smart of affliction.
To stand 'twixt us and our deserved
smart.
Milton.
Counsel mitigates the greatest
smart.
Spenser.
3. A fellow who affects smartness, briskness,
and vivacity; a dandy. [Slang] Fielding.
4. Smart money (see below). [Canf]
Smart (?), a. [Compar.
Smarter (?); superl. Smartest.] [OE.
smerte. See Smart, v. i.]
1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a
smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my
conscience.
Shak.
2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart
pain.
3. Vigorous; sharp; severe.
"Smart skirmishes, in which many fell." Clarendon.
4. Accomplishing, or able to accomplish,
results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [Colloq.]
5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "The
stars shine smarter." Dryden.
6. Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in
suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a
smart saying.
Who, for the poor renown of being smart
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
Young.
A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very
smart.
Addison.
7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a
smart gown.
8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart
breeze.
Smart money. (a) Money paid
by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some
painful situation. (b) (Mil.) Money
allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and
injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being
sworn in, to procure his release from service.
(c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages;
damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
Burrill. Greenleaf. -- Smart ticket,
a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart
money. [Eng.] Brande & C.
Syn. -- Pungent; poignant; sharp; tart; acute; quick;
lively; brisk; witty; clever; keen; dashy; showy. -- Smart,
Clever. Smart has been much used in New England to
describe a person who is intelligent, vigorous, and active; as, a
smart young fellow; a smart workman, etc., conciding
very nearly with the English sense of clever. The nearest
approach to this in England is in such expressions as, he was
smart (pungent or witty) in his reply, etc.; but smart
and smartness, when applied to persons, more commonly refer to dress;
as, a smart appearance; a smart gown, etc.
