smoothern.
/ˈsmuːðə/, U.S. /ˈsmuðər/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blandisseur, a blandisher,..smoother, flattering sycophant, or claw-backe.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. 38 My Claw backs, my Smoothers, my Parasites.]
2.
a. One who or that which smooths in some respect; a refiner, mollifier, pacifier, etc. Also with down.Frequently in newspaper use at the turn of the century, as in quot. 1902.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > making smooth > one who
smoother1611
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating > one who appeases
pacifier1533
conciliatorc1575
smoother1611
placater1894
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Polisseur, a polisher..; sleeker, smoother.
1640 in S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Wisdome (new ed.) iii. xvii. 473 [Honesty] preserveth the Magistrate free from..bribes, which is the plague, and smoother of truth.
1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 12 A seasonable Report of some Invasion.., which is a great Smoother of Rubs in Publick Proceedings.
1767 T. Percy Ess. Anc. Minstrels in Reliques (ed. 2) I. p. xx A word which denotes ‘Smoothers and Polishers of language’.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xix. 265 A sunset is a wonderful smoother-down of these artificial features in a landscape.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 2/2 Last March Mr. Lehmann..was very angry with the ‘smoothers’, as he was pleased to call the peacemakers in the Liberal Party.
b. A worker employed in smoothing linen; a calenderer or ironer.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > smoothing or calendering > one who
calenderer1495
calender1513
battlera1661
smoother1776
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > one who irons
ironer1771
finery ironer1884
smoother1898
finery machinist1915
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 8 The bleachers and smoothers of the linen. View more context for this quotation
1898 Daily News 12 July 6/6 Maggie Atkinson, a smoother in Castlereagh Laundry.
3. An implement, tool, or machine for smoothing (see quots.).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing
planer1413
calender1688
smoother1688
surfacer1775
rib1825
boss1860
smooth1879
Decoudun1889
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 352/1 The third..is termed a Smoother, with which all their Leather is slickened, as they call it.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bookbinding The book, being put in the press,..is scraped with a knife called a scraper; and after that with another called a smoother.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 255 Smoother, a smoothing iron.
1885 Trans. Lancs. & Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. 3 256 These [glass] mullers or smoothers were in use for centuries.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 154 They [sc. pieces of wood] then pass on to the ‘smoother’, a fixed knife, against which they are driven.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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