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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
smelt
n 1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and
fresh water
2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of
cold northern waters
v 1: extract (metals) by heating
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled, Smelt;
p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen;
cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to
reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
perfumes.
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2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
scent out; -- often with out. "I smell a device." --Shak.
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Can you smell him out by that? --Shak.
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3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
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From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer.
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To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not
clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smelting.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[aum]lta, D.
smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. Enamel,
Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.] (Metal.)
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
scorify; as, to smelt tin.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Smelt \Smelt\,
imp. & p. p. of Smell.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery
salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera,
which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a
peculiar odor and taste.
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Note: The most important species are the European smelt
(Osmerus eperlans) (called also eperlan,
sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American smelt
(Osmerus mordax), the California smelt (Osmerus
thalichthys), and the surf smelt (Hypomesus olidus).
The name is loosely applied to various other small
fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn
eater, the silversides.
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2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Sand smelt (Zool.), the silverside.
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Thesaurus Results for Smelt:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
carve, chisel, colliquate, convert, cultivate, defrost, extract, flux, fuse, grow, harvest, machine, melt, melt down, mill, mine, process, pump, raise, rear, refine, render, run, thaw, unfreeze |
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