From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smock \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho,
Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep,
akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen,
Icel. smj[=u]ga to creep through, to put on a garment which
has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to
glide. Cf. {Smug}, {Smuggle}.]
1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
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In her smock, with head and foot all bare.
--Chaucer.
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2. A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smock \Smock\, a.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or
pertaining to a woman.
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{Smock mill}, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to
meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose
whole building turns on a post.
{Smock race}, a race run by women for the prize of a smock.
[Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smock \Smock\, v. t.
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
--Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smock
n 1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the
ankles [syn: {duster}, {gaberdine}, {gabardine}, {smock},
{dust coat}]
v 1: embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other
diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
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