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A large umbrella; --said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, in Dickens's "Martin Chuzzlewit."

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.]

Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants. Martyn. Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles. J. Lee.

lding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodioei, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. -- Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. -- Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. -- Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. -- Green linnet (Zoöl.…

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. H. Martineau.

See Grub, n., 1. And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view. C. Smart.

See Haulm, stalk. Smart.

ection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn.

A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

See Hoarding, 2. Smart.

jection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.

To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

ur; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp.

A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

Not warlike or martial. [Obs.] R. Junius.

Strongly affected. Smart.

Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.