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. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Smutting :: Smutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smu.
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
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..
Elixir :: Elixir (n.) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life..
Convertible :: Convertible (a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
Besmut :: Besmut (v. t.) To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
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..
Vary :: Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
Bismuthine :: Bismuthine (n.) Alt. of Bismuthinit.
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain..
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..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
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..
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