Category:Smear

Smear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] Etym: [oe. smeren, smerien, as. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; Akin to d. smeren, ohg. smirwen, g. schmieren, icel. smyrja to Anoint. See smear, n.]

1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to Daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "smear the sleepy grooms with Blood." Shak.

2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; As, to be smeared with infamy. Shak.

Smear Smear, n. Etym: [oe. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to d. smeer, g. Schmeer, ohg. smero, icel. smjör, sw. & dan. smör butter, goth. smaír Fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch.]

1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. Johnson.

2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive Substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, all damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, but in Its place a moving smear of light. Alexander smith.