Definition of smear

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Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain..

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Cyphonism :: Cyphonism (n.) A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations..
Anoint :: Anoint (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil..
Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..
Blur :: Blur (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink..
Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.
Grease :: Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon..
Scaphism :: Scaphism (n.) An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died..
Glair :: Glair (v. t.) To smear with the white of an egg.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
Smearing :: Smearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smea.
Greasy :: Greasy (superl.) Smeared or defiled with grease.
Brick :: Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them..
Slabber :: Slabber (v. t.) To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking..
Smeared :: Smeared (a.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita)..
Besmearer :: Besmearer (n.) One that besmears.
Inceration :: Inceration (n.) The act of smearing or covering with wax.
Lime :: Lime (v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime..
Pitchy :: Pitchy (a.) Smeared with pitch.
Tar :: Tar (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth..
Wash :: Wash (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface..
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