smut

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He cleared another piece of ground on the siding, and sowed more wheat; it had the rust in it, or the smut--and averaged three shillings per bushel.

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  1. noun A particle of dirt.
  2. noun A smudge made by soot, smoke, or dirt.
  3. noun Obscenity in speech or writing.
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  • An exception to this is corn smut, which is considered a delicacy in Mexico.
  • Brooks has been working on the nature of resistance in rice to both false smut and kernel smut, and notes that the most effective and economical control of such erratic diseases would be the development of improved high-yielding varieties or hybrids with durable and consistent resistance under the many growing conditions in the state and other parts of the South. —  Delta Farm Press RSS Feed
  • From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. —  LUSTY LADY
  • The nights get really long in the Lyon's Lair and smut is a good way to pass the time. —  Murder She Writes
  • - FCC boss Kevin Martin and M2Z Networks 'plan for a smut-censored free national wireless service recently ran into opposition from T-Mobile, who claimed that the technology being used —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English smotten, smutten, to defile.

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  1. Prob. a variant of smit, from Anglo-Saxon smitta, a spot, stain, smut, = Dutch smet, a blot, stain. The variation is apparently due to the influence of the related words, Middle English bismotered, smeared, etc., and to the words cited under smutch, smudge: see smudge.
  2. from smut, n.
 

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