The word "wast smooth" is an archaic term used in older versions of English literature. The word "wast" is the second person singular past tense of "be," and "smooth" refers to a lack of roughness or bumpiness. In IPA phonetic transcription, "wast" is pronounced as /wɑst/, with the "w" representing a bilabial consonant and the vowel sound represented as an open back unrounded vowel. "Smooth" is pronounced in IPA as /smuːð/, with the vowels represented by a close back rounded vowel followed by a voiced dental fricative.