Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smirch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smirch \Smirch\, v. t. [From the root of smear.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smirch \Smirch\, n.
A smutch; a dirty stain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
smirch
n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
{smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {slur}]
2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: {blot}, {smear}, {spot},
{stain}]
v 1: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: {besmirch}]
2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {asperse}, {denigrate},
{calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.