different between smoot vs smolt

English

Etymology 1

Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

Pronunciation

• enPR: smo?ot
• IPA^(key): /smu?t/

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

Etymology 2

From Old Norse smátta

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (Britain) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through.

Anagrams

• MOTOS, Tooms, moots, motos, stoom, tomos, tooms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smo?lt/, /sm?lt/

Etymology 1

From Middle English smolt, smylt, from Old English smolt, smeolt (“mild, peaceful, serene, still, gentle, clear, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *smultaz, *smeltaz (“quiet, gentle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, make weak”). Cognate with Scots smolt (“calm”), Old Saxon smultro (“quiet”), Middle Dutch smolt, smout (“weak, gentle, quiet”), Middle High German smolz (“dear, lovely, beautiful, sheen”).

Adjective

smolt (comparative more smolt, superlative most smolt)

1. (Britain dialectal) Bright; serene.
2. (Britain dialectal, of weather) Calm; fine; fair.
3. (Britain dialectal) Smooth and shining.

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). See above.

Noun

smolt (plural smolts)

1. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Translations

Anagrams

• molts

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

smolt

1. singular past indicative of smelten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English smolt

Noun

smolt m (definite singular smolten, indefinite plural smoltar, definite plural smoltane)

1. a smolt (young salmon)

Etymology 2

Noun

smolt n (definite singular smoltet, indefinite plural smolt, definite plural smolta)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by smult

References

• “smolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.