The River Smite, a tributary of the River Devon, flows for 20 miles through Leicestershire and south-east Nottinghamshire, England. The source is near the hamlet of Holwell, Leicestershire and it joins the Devon near Shelton, Nottinghamshire. The Smite and its tributaries, such as the River Whipling, the Stroom Dyke, and the Dalby Brook, drain an area of 193 square kilometres of farmland in the Vale of Belvoir.
In the 17th century the river was known as the Snite. This and the modern spelling are thought to derive from the Old English smita, denoting a foul or miry place. This links with another Old English word smitan, which means to daub or pollute. It implies that the Smite was a dirty, miry stream.
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