smoot

== English == === Etymology 1 === Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: smo͞ot IPA(key): /smuːt/ Rhymes: -uːt ==== Noun ==== smoot (plural smoots) (humorous, chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters). ==== Further reading ==== smoot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *smote, *smotte, from Old Norse smátta (“narrow passageway, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhtǭ (“narrow path”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, narrow”). ==== Alternative forms ==== smoat, smout, smeut, smot, smut, smute, smeyut ==== Noun ==== smoot (plural smoots) (UK, dialectal) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl. === Anagrams === MOTOS, Tooms, moots, motos, stoom, tomos, tooms