ppl. a. [See SMITE v. A. 3 ε.] That has been smit; beaten, struck. Also absol. with down.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3867. Ut of ðe smiten ston Ynoȝ hem sulde water gon.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter cxlv. 7. Lord vprightys þe smytyn down.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., IX. 202. Sudden as the spark From smitten steel.
1859. G. Meredith, R. Feverel, II. xiv. 305. Her voice just vibrating while the tone travels on, like a smitten vase.
1888. H. James, Reverberator, II. v. 122. A violation of sanctities,… a burning of smitten faces.
