Smudge (?), n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1.
A suffocating smoke.
Grose.
2.
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.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.
3.
That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
<-- smudge pot, a device containing combustibles which burns smokily, used by farmers to inhibit damage to crops caused by frost. -->
© Webster 1913.
Smudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
1.
To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
2.
To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
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