GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Smear , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.]
   To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. “Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.” 
   Shak.
   
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   To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
   Shak.
   
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   To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).
   PJC
   to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.
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   Smear, n. [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smjör, Sw. & Dan. smör butter, Goth. smaírþr fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch.]
    A fat, oily substance; oinment.
   Johnson.
   
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   Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
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   Slow broke the morn,
   All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun,
   But in its place a moving smear of light.
   Alexander Smith.
   
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