See Also: rhapsode(dictionary)

smout (iou) and rhapsode (iou)


smout (iou)



smout verb intrans. [smu:t] arch. slang. Also smoot. L17.
[Origin unkn.]
Printing. Do casual work in a printing-house where one is not regularly employed.

rhapsode (iou)



rhapsode noun. M19.
[Greek rhapsoidos, from rhapsoidia RHAPSODY.]
Greek History. A reciter of epic poems, esp. one of a group whose profession it was to recite the Homeric poems.