Middle English Dictionary Entry
smẹ̄ken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | smẹ̄ken v. P. smẹ̄kede; ppl. smẹ̄ked(e. |
| Etymology | OE smēocan, LOE ppl. smēkende; perh. combined with smīcan, smēcan because of weak p. forms. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To give off smoke; also fig.; ppl. smekinge, smoking; swart-smeked, blackened with smoke.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.143.5 : Lord, bowe doun þyn heuenes & cum doun; touche þe mounteynes & þei shul smeken.
- a1400 MPPsalter (Dub 69)103.32 : Smeke [Add: Our Lord..toucheþ þe mounteyns, and hij shul smoken].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4380 : For hatred olde to brenne can nat lete With new flawme..Ȝif it nat smeke, it is þe more drede.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.15.17 : There was maad a derk clowd, and a furneys smekynge aperyde, and a lawmpe of fijr.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)1 : Swarte smekyd smeþes smateryd wyth smoke Dryue me to deth wyth den of here dyntes.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)100/336a : Fumico: smekyn.
2.
(a) To give off steam or vapors; (b) med. to treat (a bodily part) with vapors, suffumigate; (c) med. ~ oute, to release (bodily vapors), draw off; (d) ?to perfume (a dwelling).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)460 : Smekyn or smokyn as hote lycure: Vaporo.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)152/14 : Folwyngly þai smeken it [swollen hand] and stewen it with a smeke rered vp fro vynegre.
c
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)575/16 : Þe place is made feble, and euel humour is enhabit, and þerwith þe vertue of confortynge is smekede oute [L euaporata] þerof.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.24.21 : As torax & galban and vngula & gutta & as liban not kut I smekede [WB(2): made hoot; L vaporavi] my dwelling, & as balsame not mengid is my smel.