smock

5 definitions found

smock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Smock \Smock\, v. t.
     To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
     --Tennyson.
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  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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  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.
        [Prov. Eng.]
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smock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  smock
      n 1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the
           ankles [syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock,
           dust coat]
      v 1: embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other
           diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"

smock - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Smock, PA
    Zip code(s): 15480