Smudge1. (n.) A suffocating smoke.
2. (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
3. (n.) That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
4. (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
5. (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
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