*smear*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besmeared p. pr. & vb. n. Besmearing. ] To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that besmears. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. “Smear the sleepy grooms with blood.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.). [ PJC ]

4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slow broke the morn,
All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun,
But in its place a moving smear of light. Alexander Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. schmierkäse; schmier grease (or schmieren to smear) + käse cheese. ] Cottage cheese. [ Local, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) The sand fluke (b). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita). [ 1913 Webster ]