smoothe

present singular third person smoothes · participle present smoothing · participle past smoothed · past smoothed

1. alternativeproscribedsometimesuncommonAlternative form of smooth.

   […] smoothe the mixture with her fingers.

   2012 May 28, Jennie Lindon, What does it mean to be three?: A practical guide to child development in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN

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   And I suppose thou can’st smoothe almost any seams and dents; never mind how hard the metal, blacksmith?

   1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Forge”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 541

   […] smoothe the lower or bottom surface. We are informed that usually a moulding machine has four heads or cylinders, one in front and another at the tale end, as just mentioned, and one on each side.[…]

   1902, Louisiana. Supreme Court, Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, page 518

comparative more smoothe · superlative most smoothe

1. archaicArchaic form of smooth.

   Garden peas are divided into three clases, the wrinkled, the smoothe and the sugar peas or those with edible pods. The wrinkled sorts are conceded to be sweeter and better flavored than the smoothe ones, but the smoothe varieties are considered hardier and therefore better for extra early planting.

   1890, E.S. Richman, Jeremiah Wilson Sanborn, Time of Watering Horses: Whole Versus Ground Grain for Horses, page 5