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Quotation dates: 1567-1617
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(Smile,) Smyl(e, n. [e.m.E. smyle (1562); Smil(e v.] A smile; also, transf., of the eyes. — a1568 Scott xxviii 13.
Quhair I wes wont to se hir go … With cumly smylis a1578 Pitsc. I 408/1.
[The king] gaif ane lyttill smyle and lauchter, syne [etc.] —transf. c1611–c1617 Mure Early Misc. P. ix 2.
Those eyes quhos smyls seame voyd of wraith
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