SM'ART, noun [This word is probably formed on the root of Latin amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as the smart of bodily punishment. 2. Severe pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as the smart of affliction. SM'ART, verb intransitive 1. To feel a lively pungent pain, particularly a pungent local pain from some piercing or irritating application. Thus Cayeene pepper applied to the tongue makes it smart 2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain; as, to smart under sufferings. 3. To be punished; to bear penalties or the evil consequences of any thing. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Proverbs 11:15. SM'ART, adjective 1. Pungent; pricking; causing a keen local pain; as a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste. 2. Keen; severe; poignant; as smart pain or sufferings. 3. Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe; as a smart skirmish. 4. Brisk; fresh; as a smart breeze. 5. Acute and pertinent; witty; as a smart reply; a smart saying. 6. Brisk; vivacious; as a smart rhetorician. Who, for the poor renown of being smart would leave a sting within a brother's heart? SM'ART, noun A cant word for a fellow that affects briskness and vivacity.
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