Also 4 smytende. [f. SMITE v.] That smites, strikes or beats.
1382. Wyclif, Prov. xix. 29. Greithid ben to scorneres domes; and smytende hameres to the bodies of foolis.
1648. G. Daniel, Eclog, v. 57. Dire, as the Smiting Haile to new-ean’d Lambs.
1840. Carlyle, Heroes, iii. (1906), 93. One smiting word; and then there is silence.
1869. T. T. Lynch, Church & St., 10. The smiting strength of the lightning of God.
