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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smart  \Smart\,  a.  [Compar.  {Smarter};  superl.  {Smartest}.]  [OE. 
  smerte.  See  {Smart},  v.  i.] 
  1.  Causing  a  smart;  pungent;  pricking;  as  a  smart  stroke  or 
  taste. 
 
  How  smart  lash  that  speech  doth  give  my  conscience. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Keen;  severe;  poignant;  as  smart  pain. 
 
  3.  Vigorous;  sharp;  severe.  ``Smart  skirmishes,  in  which  many 
  fell.''  --Clarendon. 
 
  4.  Accomplishing,  or  able  to  accomplish,  results  quickly; 
  active;  sharp;  clever.  [Colloq.] 
 
  5.  Efficient;  vigorous;  brilliant.  ``The  stars  shine 
  smarter.''  --Dryden. 
 
  6.  Marked  by  acuteness  or  shrewdness;  quick  in  suggestion  or 
  reply;  vivacious;  witty;  as  a  smart  reply;  a  smart 
  saying. 
 
  Who  for  the  poor  renown  of  being  smart  Would  leave 
  a  sting  within  a  brother's  heart?  --Young. 
 
  A  sentence  or  two  .  .  .  which  I  thought  very  smart. 
  --Addison. 
 
  7.  Pretentious;  showy;  spruce;  as  a  smart  gown.




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