Definition of Smirr

1. to drizzle [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: drizzle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smirr

smirches
smirching
smirk
smirked
smirker
smirkers
smirkier
smirkiest
smirkily
smirkiness
smirking
smirkingly
smirks
smirky
smirnite
smirr (current term)
smirred
smirrier
smirriest
smirring
smirrs
smirry
smirs
smirting
smishing
smit
smite
smiter
smiters
smites

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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