Category:Smudge

Smudge, n. Etym: [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.