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One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.

ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart.

Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart.

Producing heat. [R.] Smart.

; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor. "How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson. -- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart.

ntention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. Shak. Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton. Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. Tennyson.

ankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.

The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its ather; affiliation. Smart.

Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart.

A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

Precise in trifles; idly busy. [Colloq.] Smart.

resembling tennis; - - so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.

A plump young person or child. [Obs.] Smart.

veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.

Covered as with a hat or cap. Smart.

ve. [Obs.] God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. Chaucer.

Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart.

The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.

Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.]