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Smooth
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
(2):
(n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
(3):
(superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
(4):
(superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
(5):
(superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
(6):
(superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
(7):
(superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
(8):
(adv.) Smoothly.
(9):
(n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
(10):
(a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
(11):
(a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
(12):
(a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
(13):
(a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
(14):
(a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
(15):
(a.) To ease; to regulate.
(16):
(v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Smooth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/smooth.html. 1828.
