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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SME'ARING, ppr. Overspreading with any thing soft and oleaginous; soiling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Smear Smear (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared (sm[=e]rd); 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. 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.