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See Foumart. B. Jonson.

A priest who becomes a martyr.

Not martial; unwarlike. [Obs.]

The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. Locke.

A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.

The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.

See Open-hearth steel, under Open.

nt local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart. Chaucer. Shak.

To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. [Colloq.] She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.

To waste away. [Prov. Eng.]

In a smart manner.

The quality or state of being smart.

An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.

To degrade from the rank of a martyr. [Obs.] Fuller.

One who abdicates. Smart.

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthæ). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral. [R.] Smart.