smitt

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noun

Fine clay or ochre made up into balls, used for marking sheep.

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Meanings

smitt1

noun

alternative smit

  1. UKFine clay or ochre made up into balls, used for marking sheep.

    This is the finest of the Clayey-Ore : and, thus made up into Balls, they use this also for marking of Sheep, and call it Smitt.

    1729, John Woodward, An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England

Smitt2

proper nounSmitt (plural Smitts)

plural Smitts

  1. A surname from Swedish.

Origin

Compare German Schmitz (“a stain”), schmitzen (“to besmear”). See smite (transitive verb).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with smitt

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Cite this entry
APA

smitt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smitt

MLA

“smitt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smitt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smitt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smitt.

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