Smudge
[smʌdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a blemish made by dirt; 'he had a smudge on his cheek'.
(noun.) a smoky fire to drive away insects.
Editor: Robert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A suffocating smoke.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
(v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
(v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Inputed by Elvira
Definition
n. a spot a stain: a choking smoke—v.t. to stifle: to fumigate with smoke.—n. Smud′ger one who smudges: a plumber.—adj. Smud′gy stained with smoke.
Editor: Philip
Examples
- Boots had then run down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been hurt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a broad, irregular smudge covering some yards of the track. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Known all over Europe as THE SMUDGE, from a printer's blot in the corner which exists in no other copy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Presently D'Arnot stopped at a page on which were five tiny little smudges. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Editor: Rebekah