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Swither vs Smither - What's the difference?

swither | smither |

As a verb swither

is (Scots and dialects) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.

As a noun smither is

a fragment or atom.

swither

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (Scots and dialects ) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.

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    smither

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) A fragment or atom.
  • * Tennyson
    • Smash the bottle to smithers .
  • * 1920 , Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg (page 164)
    • That claim of mine, which was yours, has got a seventeen-foot vein and a sandstone roof, and not a smither of slate or bone in it.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) Light, fine rain.
    • (Webster 1913)