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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smattering  \Smat"ter*ing\,  n. 
  A  slight,  superficial  knowledge  of  something  sciolism. 
 
  I  had  a  great  desire,  not  able  to  attain  to  a 
  superficial  skill  in  any  to  have  some  smattering  in 
  all  --Burton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smattering 
  n  1:  a  small  number  or  amount;  "only  a  handful  of  responses  were 
  received"  [syn:  {handful}] 
  2:  a  slight  or  superficial  understanding  of  a  subject 




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