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Webster 1913 Edition


Smut

Smut

,
Noun.
[Akin to Sw.
smuts
, Dan.
smuds
, MHG.
smuz
, G.
schmutz
, D.
smet
a spot or stain,
smoddig
,
smodsig
,
smodderig
, dirty,
smodderen
to smut; and probably to E.
smite
. See
Smite
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Smitt
,
Smutch
.]
1.
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2.
(Mining)
Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3.
(Bot.)
An infection 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
Ustilago Carbo
, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is
Ustilago maydis
.
4.
Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk
smut
,
though a priest and his mother be in the room
.
Addison.
Smut mill
,
a machine for cleansing grain from smut.

Smut

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smutted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Smutting
.]
1.
To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
2.
To taint with mildew, as grain.
Bacon.
3.
To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
4.
To clear of smut;
as, to
smut
grain for the mill
.

Smut

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Mortimer.
2.
To give off smut; to crock.

Webster 1828 Edition


Smut

SMUT

, n.
1.
A spot made with soot or coal; or the foul matter itself.
2.
A foul black substance which forms on corn. Sometimes the whole ear is blasted and converted into smut. This is often the fact with maiz. Smut lessens the value of wheat.
3.
Obscene language.

SMUT

,
Verb.
I.
To gather smut; tobe converted into smut.

Definition 2024


smut

smut

English

Noun

smut (countable and uncountable, plural smuts)

  1. (uncountable) Soot.
  2. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
  3. (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
    • Addison
      He does not stand upon decency [] but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
  4. (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
  5. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
  6. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

Synonyms

  • (soot): filth
  • (sexually vulgar or pornographic material): filth
  • (promiscuous woman): ****

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smut (third-person singular simple present smuts, present participle smutting, simple past and past participle smutted)

  1. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
  2. (intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
  3. To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  4. To clear of the smut fungus.
    to smut grain for the mill

Anagrams


Irish

Noun

smut m (genitive singular smuit, nominative plural smuit)

  1. stump; short piece; portion
  2. snout
  3. sulky expression, huff
  4. (zoology) rostrum

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Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

smut (present analytic smutann, future analytic smutfaidh, verbal noun smutadh, past participle smuta)

  1. (transitive) truncate, shorten
  2. Alternative form of smiot (hit, strike; smash; chip, chop; pare, whittle; fritter)

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