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Webster 1913 Edition
Smutch
Smutch
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smutched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smutching
.] To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.
[Written also
smooch
.] B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Smutch
SMUTCH
,Verb.
T.
[Note. We have a common word in New England, pronouced smooch, which I take to be smutch. It signifies to foul or blacken with something produced by combustion or other like substance.]