Lexicographical Neighbors of Smeddum
Literary usage of Smeddum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"Clay or shale between two beds of conl (Gresley) Л variation of smeddum, 2 and 3.
... A variation of smeddum, 1. Smoke. The exhalation, visible vapor, ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"smeddum,—good sense and spirit united ;w " He published—a volume of Moral ...
To kill by smoke, S. A learned friend has suggested, that smeddum may be from ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"The powder or finest part of ground malt ; also called malt smeddum, Aug. 2. ...
smeddum,—good sense and spirit united;'1 Gl. Surv. Moray. 6. ..."
4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"A Ded. to GH, 14. And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. Smash. Why am
1 loth \ 5. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. smeddum [dust, powder]. ..."
5. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an' gray as ony grozet,2 0
for some rank, mercurial rozet," Or fell, red smeddum,4 I'd gie you sic a ..."
6. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump an' gray as ony grozet,2 0
for some rank, mercurial rozet,8 Or fell, red smeddum,* I'd gie you sic ..."
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