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smudge
/smʌd͡ʒ/
verb 5noun 4name 1
Collocations
3VERB + SMUDGE
build, cleansing, see, using
SMUDGE + NOUN
body, lipstick, paper, smoke-fire, yourself
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
There was a smudge on the paper.
2
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
3
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
Then "smudges" are in vogue,—heaps of damp combustibles placed on the windward side of the house and partially ignited, that their inky steams may smother the mosquitoes while we take our chance. I have had a "smudge" made in a chafing-dish at my bedside, after a serious deliberation between choking and being devoured at small mouthfuls; and I conscientiously recommend choking, or running the risk of it, at least.
We had taken about ten pounds of trout; and the first procedure, after reaching the camp, was to build a smudge or smoke-fire, to drive away these abominable gnats, who, fortunately, take flight with the first whiff of smoke.
4
A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
Devil's dirt or asafetida ground together with fenugreek and black cumin seed is used as a smudge against witches and […]
verb
1
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
2
To soil or smear with dirt.
3
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
4
To stifle or smother with smoke.
5
To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
name
1
A nickname of someone with the surname Smith.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Smudge.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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There was a smudge on the paper.
Wiktionary02
Then "smudges" are in vogue,—heaps of damp combustibles placed on the windward side of the house and partially ignited, that their inky steams may smother the mosquitoes while we take our chance. I ha
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We had taken about ten pounds of trout; and the first procedure, after reaching the camp, was to build a smudge or smoke-fire, to drive away these abominable gnats, who, fortunately, take flight with
Wiktionary04
This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath. To smudge your body use an incense mixture such as sandalwood, lavender, frankincense or myrrh.
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Smudge.
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There was a smudge of lipstick on his cheek, and his tie was loose.
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