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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.) < ?


smudg⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
smudgeless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

smudge 
c.1430, smogen "to soil, stain, blacken," of obscure origin. The noun is first attested 1768, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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