smutch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    smear; smudge; blur.

WordNet

Smutch noun
Etymology
Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.
Definitions
  1. A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson.
Smutch transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Smutched ; present participle & verbal noun Smutching
Definitions
  1. To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. Written also smooch. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913