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▪ I. ˈsmirtle, n. Sc.
[f. next.]
A smirk.
1813W. Beattie Poems (1871) 9 Ilka face a smirtle put on.
▪ II. ˈsmirtle, v. Sc.
Also 7 smirtell, 8–9 smurtle.
[var. of smirkle v.]
intr. To smirk or smile. Also transf.
1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 240 Lethington smirtelled, and rounded in her eare. 1722W. Hamilton Wallace i. iii, Then Wallace did revive, And leugh, and smirtl'd at them in his sleeve. 1768Ross Helenore, etc. 144 Now I think I may be cocky, Since fortune has smurtl'd on me. 1806Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 296 ‘Hech!’ quo' Will,..And smurtled at Dory Maclean. |