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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Daub :: Daub (v. i.) To smear; to play the flatterer.
Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To grease or smear with tallow.
Begore :: Begore (v. t.) To besmear with gore.
Smear :: Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Bedaub :: Bedaub (v. t.) To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
Unction :: Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction..
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..
Pitchy :: Pitchy (a.) Smeared with pitch.
Bitumed :: Bitumed (a.) Smeared with bitumen.
Dauby :: Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
Smear :: Smear (n.) A fat, oily substance; oinment..
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Whitethroat :: Whitethroat (n.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca)..
Grease :: Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon..
Wash :: Wash (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. t.) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Dab :: Dab (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber..
Oil :: Oil (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
Smearing :: Smearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smea.
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