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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;
[syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat]


VERB (1)

1. embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally;
- Example: "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smock \Smock\ (sm[o^]k), n. [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. sm[=u]gan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smj[=u]ga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle.] 1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. [1913 Webster] In her smock, with head and foot all bare. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A blouse; a smoock frock. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smock \Smock\, a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. [1913 Webster] Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smock \Smock\, v. t. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smock n 1: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles [syn: duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat] v 1: embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"