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English Dictionary: smeared by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smeared \Smeared\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the
      smeared dagger moth ({Apatela oblinita}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smear \Smear\ (sm[emac]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared}
      (sm[emac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [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.]
      1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or
            adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
            [bd]Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain
            morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.
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