And Sir Edward, in his eagerness to smoothe the way, went on: "You can live here, or occupy my small seat in Wiltshire.

I'll make him seek his fingers 'mongst the dogs, That dares to touch my mistress; never fear, My sword shall smoothe the wrinkles of his brows, That bends a frown upon my mistress.

' Resolved to smoothe his shaggy face, He sought the barber of the place.

To employ his stationed legions in the works Of peace; to smoothe the rugged wilderness, To drain the stagnate fen, to raise the slope 440 Depending road, and to make gay the face Of nature, with the embellishments of art.

We speak our inmost souls; good humour, mirth, Soft complaisance, and wit from malice free, Smoothe every brow, and glow on every cheek.

[Footnote 5: This barcktmeaning cased as a bark cases its treeis used in 1st Q. also: 'And all my smoothe body, barked, and tetterd ouer.'

How smoothe the cunning treacher lookt on it; Hard.

The smoothe face of the wanton lovelye Richard Should promise more true fortytude in love Then tourne a recreant to perswatyons.

And yet you thynke a smoothe perswadinge boy Beares all hys daunger in hys cheeke and eie!

But are thy colours fresh, thy pensill smoothe?

Nay, then I feare their meaning was too smoothe

The night was very dark, and there was nothing to steer by but the wind, which gave some little embarrassment; but finding himself in much smoothe water than he had been all the previous day, about midnight, our young man felt satisfied that he was under the lee of the island, and at no great distance from it.

Oral instruction may smoothe the way, and facilitate the labour of the learner; but the notion of communicating a competent knowledge of grammar without imposing this task, is disproved by universal experience.

Th final is also sharp; as in south: except in beneath, booth, with, and several verbs formerly with th last, but now frequently (and more properly) written with final e; as loathe, mouthe, seethe, soothe, smoothe, clothe, wreathe, bequeathe, unclothe.

If he was sulky or silent, it was everyone's concern to smoothe him downif only he would talk.

Not only had he so far recovered while the marchesa had been speaking as to arrange his hair and his features, and to smoothe the creases of his official coat into something of their habitual punctilious neatness, but he had had time to reflect.