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Webster 1913 Edition


Smither

Smith′er

(smĭth′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
Light, fine rain.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
pl.
Fragments; atoms; finders.
[Prov. Eng.]
Smash the bottle to
smithers
.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


smither

smither

English

Noun

smither (plural smithers)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A fragment or atom.
    • Tennyson
      Smash the bottle to smithers.
    • 1920, Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg (page 164)
      That claim of mine, which was yours, has got a seventeen-foot vein and a sandstone roof, and not a smither of slate or bone in it.
  2. (Britain, dialect, dated) Light, fine rain.