Smŭdge1, n.
[From smoke.]
- A suffocating smoke. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
- A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] Bartlett.
- That which is smeared upon any thing; a stain; a blot; a smear.