smolt

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “smolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English smolt, smylt, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English smolt, smeolt (“mild, peaceful, serene, still, gentle, clear, bright”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *smultaz, *smeltaz (“quiet, gentle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, make weak”). Cognate with Scots smolt (“calm”), Old Saxon smultro (“quiet”), Middle Dutch smolt, smout (“weak, gentle, quiet”), Middle High German smolz (“dear, lovely, beautiful, sheen”).

Adjective

smolt (comparative more smolt, superlative most smolt)

1. (UK dialectal) Bright; serene.
2. (UK dialectal, of weather) Calm; fine; fair.
3. (UK dialectal) Smooth and shining.

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). See above.

Noun

smolt (plural smolts)

1. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Translations

young salmon

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Verb

smolt

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of smelten