Re: Schöffe I

***R

>Looks like USGerman/Yiddish schmier "spread --as a quantity of
>semisoft spreadable substance" as in "smearcase, smearcheese" for
>creamcheese, or "gimme a schmier on that bagel"

Of course, since German schmieren means "to lubricate", Schmiermittel,
Schmierstoff, Schmierfett "lubricant, grease".

(OTOH, Yidd. schmiro with another meaning and etymology: "guard(ian),
lookout, sentry", borrowed by German as Schmiere, e.g. 'Schmiere
stehen', from Hebr. shamar "to guard".)

George