subs. (old).—1.  A low-crowned hat (HALLIWELL).

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  2.  See SMOUS.

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  Verb. (old).—1.  To kiss: as subs. (or SMOUCHER) = a kiss.

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  1578.  WHETSTONE, Promos and Cassandra, 47. Come, smack me; I long for a SMOUCH.

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  1583.  P. STUBBES, The Anatomie of Abuses, 114. What bussing, what SMOUCHING, and slabbering one of another.

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  1600.  The Weakest goeth to the Wall, i. 3. You will love me, SMOUCH me, be my secret vriend.

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  1600.  HEYWOOD, The First Part of King Edward IV. [PEARSON, Works (1874), i. 40]. I had rather than a bend of leather shee and I might SMOUCH together.

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  1606.  The Return from Parnassus, i., 6 [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ix. 127]. Furor Poeticus, rapt with contemplation. Why, how now, pedant Phœbus? are you SMOUCHING Thaly on her tender lips?

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  2.  (old).—To chouse; to trick; to take an unfair advantage.

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