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Definition for SMERK
SMERK
SMER'LIN
SMERK
, v.i. [Sax.
smercian
.]
To smile affectedly or wantonly. – Swift.
To look affectedly soft or kind; as, a smerking countenance; a smerking grace. – Young.
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