smiting
The English word “smiting” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The act of one who smites.
Etymology
From Middle English smytinge, smitende, smytende, smitand, from Old English smītende, from Proto-Germanic *smītandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw, hurl, bespatter”), equivalent to smite + -ing.
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