- (n.) A fat, oily substance; oinment.
- (n.) Hence, a spot made by or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
- (n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
- (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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