† smiltadj.
Obsolete. rare.
? Fine.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective]
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 226 As smylt mele vnder smal siue smokes for-þikke.
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† smiltv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. (See quot. 1721.)
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1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (ed. 2) I. 341 Many Corns will smilt, or have their Pulp turn'd into a substance like thick Cream.
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