Sc. and dial. Also 6 smoit, 8 smott, 6, 9 smote. [f. SMOT v. Cf. G. dial. schmotz, var. of schmutz.]
1. A spot, stain, mark, blot. Also fig.
1532. Sc. Acts, Jas. V. (1814), 335/2. Obedient sonnis to … þe auctorite apostolik, without ony manere of smot, violacioune, or defectioune.
1562. Winȝet, Wks. (S.T.S.), I. 26. That I may be clein fra all smot of blame.
a. 1572. Knox, Hist. Ref., Wks. 1846, I. 277. Ever trew and obedient … without any smote.
1899. ‘A. Raine,’ Berwen Banks, 104. The same brown smot on the nother ear, and that’s the only smot upon her!
2. A distinguishing mark put on sheep; a flock of sheep marked in one way.
a. 1672. Livingstone, in Sel. Biog. (Wodrow Soc.), I. 340. You must have the tarr pigg by your belt, and be ready to give a smott to every one of Christ’s sheep as they come in your way.
1808. in Jamieson.
1857. J. Aiton, Domest. Econ., 225. No man will break his ‘smote,’ as it is called, but at a loss, even when a fair price is given.
