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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
smelt
n.
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A small or young fish, prob. the smelt (Osmerus eperlanus); -- also coll.;
smelt fried
, a batch of this fish, fried;
smelt net
, a net for catching small fish; (b) as surname.
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2.
smolt
n.(1)
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Coll.
Young salmon [last quot. may belong to
smolt
n.(2)].
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3.
smeltes
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?A smeltery; ?smelting operations.
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