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smillan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
smillan, p. de.
to cause to crack as a whip, etc.
intrans.
To crack as a whip
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  • Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp

    crepantibus flevit sub ferulis,

      Germ. 388, 7.
Etymology
[Icel. smella ; p. small to crack, as a whip; smella (wk.) to cause to crack.]
Similar entries
v. smæll, and cf. trans, and intrans. forms of miltan.
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v.  smyllende.
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