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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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smodal, sweepings, crumbs, fragments, smattering, M. Ir. smot, a scrap; cf. above word.

smòg, smàg, a paw; cf. Norse smjùga, creep through a hole, Ag. S. smúgan, creep, Eng. smuggle. For smàg, see also màg.

smolamas, trash, fragments of victuals; cf. strolamas, brolamas.

smuain, a thought, Ir. smuaineadh, M. Ir. smuained: *smoudn-, root smoud, moud; Got. gamaudjan, remind, cause to remember; Ch. Sl. myslǐ-, thought (Strachan). Cf. M. Ir. muaidnig, thought.

smuairean, grief, dejection: *smoudro-, root smoud of above?

smuais, marrow, juice of the bones, Ir. smuais, marrow, E. Ir. smuas:

smuais, smash, Ir. smuais, in shivers, in pieces; from Eng. smash.

smùc, a snivel, a nasal sound (smùch, M'A.); for root, see smug (s-mûc-c).

smùcan, smoke, drizzle; from Eng. smoke.

smùdan, a particle of dust; see smod.

smùdan, a small block of wood, Ir. smotan, stock, block, log:

smùdan, smoke; see smùid.

smug, snot, spittle, smugaid, spittle, Ir. smug, smugaid: *smuggo-, root smug, mug, mucus; Lat. emungo, wipe the nose. The root müg is a by-form of muq, mucus, seen in Lat. mucus, etc.; for which see muc.

smùid, smoke, Ir. smúid, E. Ir. smúit, smútgur, smútcheo: *smúddi-, root smud. Cf. Eng. smut, Ger. schmutz, dirt; which Zem. thinks the Gadelic borrowed from, though the meaning makes this unlikely. There are three allied roots on European ground denoting "smoke"—smûgh (Gr. σμΰχω, smoulder), smúg, or smaug (Eng. smoke) and smûd (G. smùid).

smuig, a snout, the face (in ridicule): from the Eng. mug, ugly face.

smuilc, glumness, dejection; M. Ir. smuilcín, a small snout: "snoutyness".

smùrach, dross, peat dross, smùir, dust, a particle of dust, smùirnean, a mote; cf. Sc. smurach, peat dross, smore, smurr, a drizzling rain, M. Eng. smóre, dense smoke, Eng. smother (= smorther), O.Du. smoor. O'R. has smur from Sh., and K. Meyer translates M. Ir. smur-chimilt as "grind to dust".

smùsach, extracting the juice from (Suth.):

smut, a bill, snout, Ir. smut, a large flat nose, snout:

snag, a little audible knock, a wood pecker (snagan-daraich), Ir. snag, hiccup; cf. Eng. snock, a knock, and the next word. Ir. snag, snagardarach, snaghairdara, a wood pecker, seems from snaidh.