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discuss; to propose for discussion. A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country. Sir W. Hamilton.

A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] "The moot-hall of Herod." Wyclif.

A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill. J. R. Green.

Capable of being mooted.

A disputer of a mooted case.

One who argued moot cases in the inns of court.

Same as Sauropsida.

urface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. Chaucer. The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities. Dryden.

Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled. -- n.

To make smooth. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, smooths.

fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.

In a smooth manner.

Quality or state of being smooth.

Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." B. Jonson.

In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle.