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.]
1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. Johnson.
2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
Slow broke the morn,
All damp and
rolling vapor, with no sun,
But in
its place a
moving smear of light.
Alexander
Smith.
Smear (smēr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared
(smērd); 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.] 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." Shak.
2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak.
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