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Webster 1913 Edition

Smear

Smear

(smēr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smeared
(smērd)
;
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
,
Noun.
]
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.

Smear

,
Noun.
[OE.
smere
,.
smeoru
fat, grease; akin to D.
smeer
, G.
schmeer
, OHG.
smero
, Icel.
smjör
, Sw. & Dan.
smör
butter, Goth.
smaírþr
fatness,
smarna
dung; cf. Lith.
smarsas
fat. Cf.
Smirch
.]
1.
A fat, oily substance; oinment.
Johnson.
2.
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
Slow broke the morn,
All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun,
But in its place a moving
smear
of light.
Alexander Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smear

SMEAR

, v.t.
1.
To overspread with any thing unctuous, viscous or adhesive; to besmear; to daub; as, to smear any thing with oil, butter, pitch, &c.
2.
To soil; to contaminate; to pollute; as smeared with infamy.

SMEAR

,
Noun.
A fat oily substance; ointment. [Little used.]

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