- (v.t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- (v.i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
- (v.t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot or other dirty substance.
- (v.t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
- (v.t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- (v.t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.
- (v.t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
- (v.t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
- (v.t.) To taint with mildew, as grain.
- (v.i.) To give off smut; to crock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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