Middle English Dictionary Entry
smok n.
Entry Info
| Forms | smok n. Also smok(k)e, smock(e, (early) smoc. |
| Etymology | OE smoc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A woman's undergarment, shift, chemise; ~ cloth, a piece of cloth sufficient for making a smock; (b) ~ of oure ladie, oure ladie(s ~, a relic alleged to be the chemise of the Virgin Mary; (c) in images of poverty and deprivation; (d) in prov. expressions; (e) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)163 : Ðe chire[che] cloðes ben to brokene and ealde and hise wiues shule ben hole and newe..te albe sol and hire smoc hwit.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)176 : Þe moder feng to renden hire neb & hire smoc.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)182/47 : Are hire smok were of i-nome, Þare was..on hire swete heued so muche fair her i-come Þat hudde al hire swete bodi.
- a1350 A wayle whyt (Hrl 2253)54 : Ich wolde ich were a þrestelcok..Bituene hire curtel ant hire smok y wolde ben hyd.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1128 : On þi dore þi lord gan knoke And þou stirtest vp in þi smoke.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)17/341 : Þe emperice wex wroþ; Sche tar hire her and..Here kirtel..here smok o line [vr. whyte smocke of sylke].
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.48 : Pernel proud-herte..beo-hiȝte..Heo wolde vn-souwen hire smok [vrr. serke, shert] and setten þer an here Forte fayten hire Flesch.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3238 : Whit was hir smok [vr. smoke] and broyden al bifore And eek bihynde on hir coler aboute.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20214 : Of scho did tan al hir hater, And wessh hir suet bodi in water And..A neu smock scho did hiron.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.122 : In þe snowe..scho ȝede out in hir smok..Withouten kirtelle or kemse.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.3.22 : The Lord schal take awei..chaungynge clothis and mentils and schetis, ether smockis [L linteamina].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1195 : Thorough hir smokke [F la chemise], wrought with silk, The flesh was seen as white as mylk.
- (1436) RParl.4.497b : William Pulle..the seid Besecher felonousely..ravyshed, and her naked, except hir Kirtyll and hir Smokke, ledde with him into the wylde..places of Wales.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)461 : Smok, schyrt: Camisia, interula, instita.
- (1444) RParl.5.111b : He vilanisly toke of here all the attire of her hed, and also her clothis of her body, otake her smokke.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)147/17 : She vsed not next hir flesche a lynnen smok, but an harde sakke.
- (1466) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1326 : That no woman..use to werre safyrred smokes.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57394 : My mastyr delyverd to Rechard Alpha is dowter a smokke clothe of browne clothe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1177/18 : Launcelot..saw the quene dispoyled into her smok..made caste a kurdyll and a gown uppon her.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)377 : By him sate Dame Venus..A smokke was her wede, garnysshyd curyously.
b
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)116 : Our leuedi smok þt hye had on & þe ȝerd of araon Forþ þai gun bring.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.259 : He fenge a party of oure Lordes crosse..oure lady smok [Higd.(2): the smocke of oure Lady; L camisiam beatæ Mariæ], and Seynt Symeon his arme.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)237/36 : Þei wer come to Akun..for to seen owr Ladys smokke & oþer holy reliquiis.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)84/7 : Þe emperoure gaue him a part of Jesu crowne..þe smok of oure Ladi, [etc.].
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)79 : Þe lace of oure ladie smok liȝteþ hem of children.
c
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)108/2206 : Send me aȝen to me fon Al naked in me smok alon.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2171 : He and sche Forth with here children on the morwe..Al naked bot of smok and Sherte, To tendre with the kynges herte, His grace scholden go to seche.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1633 : That is nat myn entente..for to repente me For any thyng that I haue had of thee; I wolde I hadde thy smok and euery clooth.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)7378 : Thy doughter well leuere me is In hir smokke alone..Than to wedde with all spaigne The Emperours doughter of Almaigne.
d
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)100/2074 : He..had a wif was queint and fair, But sche was fikel vnder hir lok, And hadde a parti of eue smok.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.783 : He seyde a womman cast hir shame away Whan she cast of hir smok.
- (1461) Paston2.228 : Nere is my kyrtyl, but nerre is my smok.
e
- (1282) Close R.Edw.I198 : William Swytsmok.