SMIRCHING

Verb

smirching

present participle of smirch

Source: Wiktionary


SMIRCH

Smirch, v. t. Etym: [From the root of smear.]

Definition: To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak.

Smirch, n.

Definition: A smutch; a dirty stain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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