smudge
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7.1
- noun
- /smʌdʒ/
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humareda
- Workmen were furiously fanning smoke onto the stage from smudge pots to create the ghostly mist of the battlefield.
- smudge pot
- smudge fire
- smudge of sage
Examples
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The night had grown frost on the dull grass; smudge pots tilted under the trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
A smudge fire is burning nearby, helping to repel the blackflies that have come looking for a late-afternoon meal.
Academic text (1997) -
Marjorie wants to do the smudge ceremony for the house, OK?
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We're building us a smudge pot so Patton can find us when he comes.
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I got this fire going pretty good, even if it is smoky enough for a smudge.
Fiction book (1992) -
The man you come across is lying belly-down beside the smudge of a dead campfire.
Fiction book (2000) -
When everyone had finished eating, and the women had banked the cooking fires into smoke smudges to drive away those night insects that still lingered at the end of summer, then Chakliux and Sok told the story of the hunt.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the festival, they lit a smudge to keep the mosquitoes away from the guests.
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The smudge of smoke from the campfire drifted gently through the trees, warding off the insects.
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Before the ceremony, they prepared a smudge using sage to cleanse the air and protect from pests.
Synonyms
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6.5
A fire that burns slowly and gives off smoke without a flame
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word smudge can also mean a smoky fire used to drive away insects, and this sense comes from the same root idea of smoke and soot, like the word smoke or smut. So a smudge in this sense is a smoky, smudgy fire made to keep bugs away.