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Definitions for smutch
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

    make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Wiktionary

  1. smutchnoun

    A stain, smudge or blot

  2. smutchverb

    To soil, stain or smudge

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Smeethverb

    or smutch. To smoke; to blacken with smoke.

    Etymology: smiððe , Saxon.

  2. 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

  1. Smutchnoun

    a stain; a dirty spot

  2. Smutchverb

    to blacken with smoke, soot, or coal

  3. Etymology: [Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Smutch

    smuch, v.t. to blacken, as with soot.—n. a dirty mark. [A form of smut.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smutch in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smutch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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