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smudge


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smudge  \Smudge\,  n.  [Cf.  Dan.  smuds  smut,  E.  smutch,  or  smoke.] 
  1.  A  suffocating  smoke.  --Grose. 
 
  2.  A  heap  of  damp  combustibles  partially  ignited  and  burning 
  slowly,  placed  on  the  windward  side  of  a  house,  tent,  or 
  the  like  in  order  by  the  thick  smoke,  to  keep  off 
  mosquitoes  or  other  insects.  [U.  S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  3.  That  which  is  smeared  upon  anything  a  stain;  a  blot;  a 
  smutch;  a  smear. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smudge  \Smudge\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smudged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Smudging}.] 
  1.  To  stifle  or  smother  with  smoke;  to  smoke  by  means  of  a 
  smudge. 
 
  2.  To  smear;  to  smutch;  to  soil;  to  blacken  with  smoke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  smudge 
  n  1:  a  smoky  fire  to  drive  away  insects 
  2:  a  blemish  made  by  dirt;  "he  had  a  smudge  on  his  cheek"  [syn: 
  {spot},  {blot},  {daub},  {smear},  {smirch},  {slur}] 
  v  :  make  a  smudge  on  soil  by  smudging  [syn:  {smear},  {blur},  {smutch}] 




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