SM'ART, n. [This word is probably formed on the root of L. amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as the smart of bodily punishment. 2. Severe pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as the smart of affliction.SM'ART, v.i. 1. To feel a lively pungent pain, particularly a pungent local pain from some piercing or irritating application. Thus Cayeene pepper applied to the tongue makes it smart.2. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain; as, to smart under sufferings.3. To be punished; to bear penalties or the evil consequences of any thing. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. 11.SM'ART, a. 1. Pungent; pricking; causing a keen local pain; as a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste.2. Keen; severe; poignant; as smart pain or sufferings.3. Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe; as a smart skirmish.4. Brisk; fresh; as a smart breeze.5. Acute and pertinent; witty; as a smart reply; a smart saying.6. Brisk; vivacious; as a smart rhetorician. Who, for the poor renown of being smart, would leave a sting within a brother's heart?SM'ART, n. A cant word for a fellow that affects briskness and vivacity.
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