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A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.

der Set. -- Dead shot. (a) An unerring marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made. -- Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A…

Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

ast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. Shak.

et, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition. Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.

A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

t but. I do not doubt but I have been to blame. Dryden. We doubt not now But every rub is smoothed on our way. Shak.

The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.

A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.

A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.

To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.

Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without

quil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. "The easy vigor of a line." Pope.

A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).