Definition for SMUTCH

SMUTCH, v.t. [from smoke; Dan. smöger. Qu.]

To blacken with smoke, soot or coal. B. Jonson. Note. We have a common word in New England pronounced smooch, which I take to be smutch. It signifies to foul or blacken with something produced by combustion or other like substance.

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