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European flounder (Arnoglosus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrin, and smooth sole.

Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] Arbuthnot.

ise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

Compound, Foot, etc. -- A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. H. Martineau. -- Endless, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm. -- L…

n with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. Knight.

One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.

everal species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.

Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.

To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft. Chaucer. A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head. Ascham.

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. I'll shave your crown for this. Shak. The laborer with the…

Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle- shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end.

Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.

The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope.

Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.] Slape ale, plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]