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smudge

[smuhj]

noun, verb, smudged, smudg⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a dirty mark or smear.

2.	a smeary state.

3.	a stifling smoke.

4.	a smoky fire, esp. one made for driving away mosquitoes or safeguarding fruit trees from frost.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to mark with dirty streaks or smears.

6.	to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to form a smudge on something.

8.	to become smudged: White shoes smudge easily.

9.	to smolder or smoke; emit smoke, as a smudge pot.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME smogen (v.) < ?

Related forms:

smudg⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

smudgeless, adjective

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smudge (smŭj)

v. smudged, smudg·ing, smudg·es

v. tr.

To make dirty, especially in one small area.
To smear or blur (something).
To fill (an orchard or another planted area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from insects or frost.

v. intr.

To smear something as with dirt, soot, or ink.
To become smudged: Photo negatives smudge easily.

A blotch or smear.
A smoky fire used as a protection against insects or frost.

[Middle English smogen.]
smudg'i·ly adv., smudg'i·ness n., smudg'y adj.

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Smudge

Smudge\, n. [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

Smudge\, v. 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.

Language Translation for : smudge

Spanish: mancha, borrón,

German: der Klecks,

Japanese: よごれ

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smudge

c.1430, smogen "to soil, stain, blacken," of obscure origin. The noun is first attested 1768, from the verb.