smilt

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɪlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

smilt (third-person singular simple present smilts, present participle smilting, simple past and past participle smilted)

1. (obsolete) To melt.
   • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:

     having imbibed too much, many Corns will smilt, or have their Pulp turn'd into a substance like thick Cream

References

• “smilt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• milts

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smilt

1. past participle of smile