smudge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smudge	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for smudge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smudge n a smoky fire to drive away insects a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur v make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smudge \Smudge\, n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smudge \Smudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smudging}.] 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.