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Pronunciation : Smudge
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Smudge
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913