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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Transmuting :: Transmuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmut.
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..
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..
Crocky :: Crocky (a.) Smutty.
Smouch :: Smouch (n.) A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults..
Transmutability :: Transmutability (n.) The quality of being transmutable.
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Smooch :: Smooch (v. t.) See Smutch.
Smutching :: Smutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smutc.
Britannia :: Britannia (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal..
Bismite :: Bismite (n.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
Diamagnetic :: Diamagnetic (n.) Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..
Bismuthinite :: Bismuthinite (n.) Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.
Smutched :: Smutched (imp. & p. p.) of Smutc.
Besmutting :: Besmutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Besmu.
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