What does smutch mean?
Definitions for smutch
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Princeton's WordNet
smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Wiktionary
smutchnoun
A stain, smudge or blot
smutchverb
To soil, stain or smudge
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Smeethverb
or smutch. To smoke; to blacken with smoke.
Etymology: smiððe , Saxon.
To Smutchverb
To black with smoke.
Etymology: from smut.
Has’t smutch’d thy nose?
They say it’s a copy out of mine. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.Have you seen but a bright lily grow,
Before rude hands have touch’d it?
Ha’ you mark’d but the fall o’ the snow,
Before the soil hath smutch’d it? Ben Jonson, Underwoods.
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Webster Dictionary
Smutchnoun
a stain; a dirty spot
Smutchverb
to blacken with smoke, soot, or coal
Etymology: [Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Smutch
smuch, v.t. to blacken, as with soot.—n. a dirty mark. [A form of smut.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smutch in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smutch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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