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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Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill..
Transmutability :: Transmutability (n.) The quality of being transmutable.
Transmutationist :: Transmutationist (n.) One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
Smirch :: Smirch (n.) A smutch; a dirty stain.
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
Besmutting :: Besmutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmu.
Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the black guard; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army..
Magistery :: Magistery (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth..
Amalgam :: Amalgam (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter..
Trisnitrate :: Trisnitrate (n.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth..
Smudge :: Smudge (n.) That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
Transmutual :: Transmutual (a.) Reciprocal; commutual.
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan..
Convertible :: Convertible (a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Transmuting :: Transmuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmut.
Smutty :: Smutty (superl.) Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying..
Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..
Bismuthous :: Bismuthous (a.) Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence..
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