Lexicographical Neighbors of Smirr
Literary usage of Smirr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"A smirr of rain,' a slight shower. Smit, v. infected. ' I think you've emit me
with that cowl.' Smithereens, *!i. pi. small fragments. ..."
2. The Bookman (1899)
"A moist feel was in the air: it relapsed anon to a smirr of rain. ... The rain
that was a smirr or drizzle on the north side of Glencoe grew to a steady ..."
3. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"A smirr of rain,' a slight shower. Smit, v. infected. ' I think you've smit me
with that cowl.' Smithereens, sb. pi. small fragments. Smittle. ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"A smirr of rain,' a slight shower. Smit, v. infected. ' I think you've emit me
with that cowl.' Smithereens, sb. pi. small fragments. ..."
5. Irish Pictures by Richard Lovett (1888)
"If the sun be shining, nothing can be more delightful than this ride ; and even
if it be seen through a Donegal ' smirr ' (a drizzling rain)— and here the ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt, Robert Henley Eden Henley, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"... from the particular State of his residence, without having heen heard from.
Newman r. Jenkins, 10 Pick. 515 ; Innis r. Camphell, 1 Rawle, 373 ; smirr r. ..."
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