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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SMEUTH, n. Also smooth(e); quasi-dim. form smouet (Sc. 1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names 347) and reduced forms smeu, smew. The willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus (Slg. 1867 Zoologist (Ser. 2) II. 890, 1885 Trans. Slg. Nat. Hist. Soc. 61, smew). [smju(ð), ′smuət]
[Orig. prob. imit. of its song.]
