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smearing

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Smear  \Smear\  (sm[=e]r),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Smeared} 
  (sm[=e]rd);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Smearing}.]  [OE.  smeren 
  smerien  AS  smierwan  smyrwan  fr  smeoru  fat,  grease;  akin 
  to  D.  smeren  OHG.  smirwen  G.  schmieren  Icel.  smyrja  to 
  anoint.  See  {Smear},  n.] 
  1.  To  overspread  with  anything  unctuous,  viscous,  or 
  adhesive;  to  daub;  as  to  smear  anything  with  oil.  ``Smear 
  the  sleepy  grooms  with  blood.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  soil  in  any  way  to  contaminate;  to  pollute;  to  stain 
  morally;  as  to  be  smeared  with  infamy.  --Shak.




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