Definition of smut

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Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

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Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
Wood''s Metal :: Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66? to 71? C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible..
Bismite :: Bismite (n.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher..
Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..
Wheatworm :: Wheatworm (n.) A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm..
Smutch :: Smutch (v. t.) To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Eulytite :: Eulytite (n.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine..
Pucherite :: Pucherite (n.) Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals..
Semimetal :: Semimetal (n.) An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc..
Convertible :: Convertible (a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
Crocky :: Crocky (a.) Smutty.
Smutchin :: Smutchin (n.) Snuff.
Bismuthic :: Bismuthic (a.) Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide..
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Bismuthinite :: Bismuthinite (n.) Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change..
Fungus :: Fungus (n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each..
Bismuthous :: Bismuthous (a.) Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence..
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