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Pronunciation : Smear
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.

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

Pronunciation : Smear
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smj?r, Sw. & Dan. sm?r butter, Goth. sma?r fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913