smatch

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”), Norwegian smak (“a taste”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”). === Noun === smatch (plural smatches)(obsolete) A smack or taste. A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon. === Verb === smatch (third-person singular simple present smatches, present participle smatching, simple past and past participle smatched)(ambitransitive, obsolete) To have a taste; to taste (something). To have a feeling; to smack (of something). === References === “smatch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Machts, Maths C