smoothe

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

smoothe (third-person singular simple present smoothes, present participle smoothing, simple past and past participle smoothed)

  1. Archaic form of smooth.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      And I suppose thou can’t smoothe almost any seams and dents; never mind how hard the metal, blacksmith?

Adjective[edit]

smoothe (comparative more smoothe, superlative most smoothe)

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

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