Definition of Smelt

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Definition of Smelt

Smelt

of Smell

imp. & p. p. of Smell.

Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

A gull; a simpleton.

To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.

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Smelt Quotations

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Josh Billings

You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
Hank Williams

A lot of the images in my work are a kind of visual diary of places I've been, what I've seen, heard, smelt.
Francesca da Rimini

Smelt Translations

smelt in French is fondre
smelt in German is gerochen, schmelzen
smelt in Italian is fusione
smelt in Spanish is derretirse

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