smatter v also smather* OED ~ v 1 obs (13..-1600) for sense 1;
EDD 1 for sense 2; DINNEEN smeadar 'a mess,' smeádar 'heavy blow';
Kilkenny Lexicon smather: lick for smather.
1 To dirty,
smear.
1968 DILLON 154 Look, girl, you have paint smaddered all
over that.
2 To break, smash.
P 148-69 I
smaddered up the glasses [on the table when he pushed me on top of them].
3 Phr smather my eyes: exclamation.
1968 DILLON 154 Smadder me eyes, boy! Do you think I'm a liar?
lick for smatter: blow for blow; hammer and tongs (P 8-55).
1968 DILLON 154 Well a couple o' the boys had lick for smadder
there last night. C 71-8 They went at it lick for smatter.
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