Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smattering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smattering \Smat"ter*ing\, n.
A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.
I had a great desire, not able to attain to a
superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in
all. --Burton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
smattering
n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were
received" [syn: {handful}]
2: a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
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