Sc. Obs. In 5–6 smyte. [ad. MDu. smiete or MLG. smîte (Du. smijt, LG. smîte, Norw. smīt, smitt, G. schmeite, schmiete), of obscure origin.] A rope attached to one of the lower corners of a sail.

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1494.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 253. Item, fra Will Forstar, tua smytis and ane peis of auld toll [= tow, rope], xviij s. Ibid. (1512), IV. 304. Tua smytis of gret ȝarne of viijcxlv pund wecht.

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  Smite, dial. a particle: see SMIT sb.2

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