[smuhj] 
noun, verb, smudged, smudg⋅ing.| 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. |
| 5. | to mark with dirty streaks or smears. |
| 6. | to fill with smudge, as to drive away insects or protect fruit trees from frost. |
| 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. |
| smudge (smŭj) v. smudged, smudg·ing, smudg·es v. tr.
[Middle English smogen.] smudg'i·ly adv., smudg'i·ness n., smudg'y adj. |
