dial. and U.S. [Prob. a later form of SMEATH. It is not clear how either form is related to early mod.Du. smeente (Du. smient), LG. smênt widgeon, G. schmi-, schmü-, schmeiente a small wild duck.]

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  1.  A name variously assigned to the smew, widgeon, pochard and scaup-duck.

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1668.  Charleton, Onomast., 100. Boscas Mergens, the Diving Widgeon; in Norfolcia, the Smee.

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1889.  H. Saunders, Brit. Birds, 463. The Smew, or Smee—sometimes called Nun … is the smallest member of the genus.

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1893.  [see SMEATH 1].

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  b.  Smee-duck, a pochard.

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1862.  C. A. Johns, Brit. Birds, 516. On some parts of the coast of Norfolk I found that they are included with the Wigeon under the common name of ‘Smee-Duck.’

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  2.  U.S. In New Jersey: = SMEATH 2.

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1888.  G. Trumbull, Names & Portr. Birds, 38.

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