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as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.

Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.] Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." Lord Palmerson.

Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.

To fight and scratch. C. Smart.

Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart.

In a clever manner. Never was man so clever absurd. C. Smart.

Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes. Smart.

The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart.

e; a consort; a partner. The companions of his fall. Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. ) Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. Trench.

Expressing condolence. Smart.

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. B. Jonson.

Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).

Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne.

Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. Smart.

re by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.

Having two angles. Smart.

To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.

In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style. With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.

A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.