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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, especially 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.

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Smudged is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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 Middle English smogen (v.) < ?

smudg·ed·ly, adverb
smudge·less, adjective
un·smudged, adjective
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smudge
c.1430, smogen "to soil, stain, blacken," of obscure origin. The noun is first attested 1768, from the verb.
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