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Webster 1913 Edition

Smock

Smock

(smŏk)
,
Noun.
[AS.
smocc
; akin to OHG.
smocho
, Icel.
smokkr
, and from the root of AS.
smūgan
to creep, akin to G.
schmiegen
to cling to, press close, MHG.
smiegen
, Icel.
smjūga
to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith.
smukti
to glide. Cf.
Smug
,
Smuggle
.]
1.
A woman’s under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
In her
smock
, with head and foot all bare.
Chaucer.
2.
A blouse; a smoock frock.
Carlyle.

Smock

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
Smock mill
,
a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post.
–
Smock race
,
a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
[Prov. Eng.]

Smock

,
Verb.
T.
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smock

SMOCK

,
Noun.
1.
A shift; a chemise; a woman's under garment.
2.
In composition, it is used for female, or what relates to women; as smock-treason.

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