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Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. "A braw new gown." Burns.

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.

lant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin.

An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

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.

rown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

; 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.

a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. Bacon.

The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).

A floret in an aggregate flower. [Obs.] Martyn.

A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.