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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson.

A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.

A quick, smart blow; a knock.

A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.

at mine own cost." Chaucer. Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer. His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax.

el or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. Smart.

bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses. Smart.

To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.

A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores Smart.

Stones left after sifting. Smart.

One who says; an utterer. Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. Jeffrey.

c. of Music). In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. -- To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it South.

ns as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.

Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.

A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.

Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.] So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.

Nice,; smart; spruce; affected; simpering. "So smirk, so smooth." Spenser.

Quick; short; sharp; smart. Shak.