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Webster 1913 Edition
Smut
Smut
,Noun.
1.
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2.
(Mining)
Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3.
(Bot.)
An infection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus
Ustilago
. Ustilago segetum
, or Ustilago Carbo
, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis
. 4.
Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk
smut
, though a priest and his mother be in the room
. Addison.
Smut mill
, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.
Smut
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smutted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smutting
.] 1.
To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
2.
To taint with mildew, as grain.
Bacon.
3.
To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
4.
To clear of smut;
as, to
. smut
grain for the millSmut
,Verb.
I.
1.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Mortimer.
2.
To give off smut; to crock.
Webster 1828 Edition
Smut
SMUT
, n.1.
A spot made with soot or coal; or the foul matter itself.2.
A foul black substance which forms on corn. Sometimes the whole ear is blasted and converted into smut. This is often the fact with maiz. Smut lessens the value of wheat.3.
Obscene language.SMUT
,Verb.
I.