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surface 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.

n a galley; also, a tier of oars. Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. Waller.

na. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak.

Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. "Smooth as is a billiard ball." B. Jonson.

Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. "Exhilarating vapor bland." Milton.

Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.

A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit.