What is to soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak called?
smear — To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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