smut.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a small flake of soot etc.
2 a spot or smudge made by this.
3 obscene or lascivious talk, pictures, or stories.
4 a a fungous disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder. b any fungus of the order Ustilaginales causing this.

--v.

(smutted, smutting)
1 tr. mark with smuts.
2 tr. infect (a plant) with smut.
3 intr. (of a plant) contract smut.

smut-ball Agriculture grain affected by smut. smut-mill a machine for freeing grain from smut.

smutty adj. (smuttier, smuttiest) (esp. in sense 3 of n.). smuttily adv. smuttiness n. [rel. to LG smutt, MHG smutz(en) etc.: cf. OE smitt(ian) smear, and SMUDGE(1)]

smut.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a blurred or smeared line or mark; a blot; a smear of dirt.
2 a stain or blot on a person's character etc.

--v.

1 tr. make a smudge on.
2 intr. become smeared or blurred (smudges easily).
3 tr. smear or blur the lines of (writing, drawing, etc.) (smudge the outline).
4 tr. defile, sully, stain, or disgrace (a person's name, character, etc.).

smudgeless adj. [ME: orig. unkn.]

smut.html - n.
US an outdoor fire with dense smoke made to keep off insects, protect plants against frost, etc.

smudge-pot a container holding burning material that produces a smudge. [smudge (v.) cure (herring) by smoking (16th c.: orig. unkn.)]

smut.html - adj.
(smudgier, smudgiest)
1 smudged.
2 likely to produce smudges.

smudgily adv. smudginess n.

smut.html - adj.
(smugger, smuggest) self-satisfied; complacent.

smugly adv. smugness n. [16th c., orig. 'neat' f. LG smuk pretty]

smut.html - v.tr.
1 (also absol.) import or export (goods) illegally esp. without payment of customs duties.
2 (foll. by in, out) convey secretly.
3 (foll. by away) put into concealment.

smuggler n. smuggling n. [17th c. (also smuckle) f. LG smukkeln smuggelen]