smeddum

Meaning

Noun

• Fine powder; flour.
• The powder or finest part of ground malt.
• Smitham.
• Zest, energy; pluck; sagacity; quickness of apprehension; gumption; spirit; mettle.
• Ore small enough to pass through the wire bottom of a sieve.
• A layer of clay or shale between two beds of coal.

Origin

• From earlier smitham, smytham, from Middle English smedma, from Old English smedma, smeodema, smedema.