smirch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smirch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for smirch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smirch n a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonym(s): blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain v smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch, besmirch] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smirch \Smirch\, v. t. [From the root of smear.] To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smirch \Smirch\, n. A smutch; a dirty stain.