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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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