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Definition of Smoot
1. Noun. (chiefly Greater Boston) Defined as exactly sixty-seven inches; equal to approximately 1.70 meters. ¹
2. Noun. (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smoot
1. to work as a compositor doing odd jobs [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoot
Literary usage of Smoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes of a Busy Life by Joseph Benson Foraker (1916)
"Very truly yours, etc., SENATOR REED smoot. JB FORAKER. Another burdensome work
was in connection with the controversy over the right of the Honorable Reed ..."
2. Notes of a Busy Life by Joseph Benson Foraker (1916)
"I thank you, however, none the less cordially for such a kind remembrance as the
invitation involves. Very truly yours, etc., SENATOR REED smoot. ..."
3. History of Utah: Comprising Preliminary Chapters on the Previous History of by Orson Ferguson Whitney (1904)
"The world-dominating Senator Reed smoot is a native of Utah, ... Abraham Owen
smoot, a power in the founding of Utah, and a social and financial pillar of ..."
4. Oratory of the South: From the Civil War to the Present Time by Edwin Du Bois Shurter (1908)
"Several reasons are assigned why Senator smoot should be excluded from the Senate
... The fact that Senator smoot is a Mormon and believes in the tenets and ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama by Alabama Supreme Court (1830)
"smoot and NICHOLSON v. ... was made a party defendant, on condition that he
offered no evidence to prejudice the title and possession of smoot. ..."
6. Lights and Shadows of Mormonism by Josiah Francis Gibbs (1909)
"During a number of years, Mr. smoot was bishop of one of the ecclesiastical ...
Land was plentiful and cheap, and Mr. smoot again availed himself of the ..."
7. Under the Prophet in Utah: The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by Frank Jenne Cannon, Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins (1911)
"I assured him that I was not going to Washington as a witness in the smoot case;
that the men whom he should warn, were at Church headquarters. ..."
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