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Smudge
Smudge
,Noun.
[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.
Smudge
,Verb.
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.