Smock

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smock \Smock\, v. t.
     To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
     --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Smock \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho,
     Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep,
     akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen,
     Icel. smj[=u]ga to creep through, to put on a garment which
     has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to
     glide. Cf. {Smug}, {Smuggle}.]
     1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
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              In her smock, with head and foot all bare.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     2. A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smock \Smock\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or
     pertaining to a woman.
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     {Smock mill}, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to
        meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose
        whole building turns on a post.
  
     {Smock race}, a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  smock
       n : a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
           [syn: {duster}, {gaberdine}, {gabardine}, {dust coat}]
       v : embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally;
           "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Smock, PA
    Zip code(s): 15480