Now dial. Also 5 smytt. [Related to SMITE v. Cf. MLG. smit, G. schmiss, schmitz, in the same sense.] A blow; a stroke; also, the sound of striking. Cf. SMITE sb.1 1.
c. 1430. Sir Tryam., 1565. Tryamowre on the hedd he hytt, He had gevyn hym an evylle smytt, But his swerde braste.
a. 1803. Lord William, ii. in Scott, Minstrelsy. She heard a smit o bridle reins.
1895. Margaret Hunt, in Longman’s Mag., Oct., 641. I have got the death smit.
