Reverse Dictionary: SMEAR

(also see BESMEAR)

ADJECTIVES
► BECLAMED smeared over with dirt or grease → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► DAWSEY sticky, adhesive, smeary → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► GOOPY sticky, smeared → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SCOUREY smeared → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SCOVY uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance → 1777 Eng. dial.
 SMUTCHY smudgy, smeary, dirty → 1579
► TEERY sticky, smeary; adhesive → 1881 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► ILLITION a smearing, anointing → 1657 obs.
► SCLATCH ► SKLATCH a large smudge, smear, or patch on a surface; a mass, clot, or daub of something wet or dirty → 1866 Sc.
 SMIRCH a dirty mark or smear; a stain; a smudge → 1688
► SMOOCH ► SMOOTCH a smudge, smear → .1825 Amer. dial.
► SMOUCH ► SMOUTCH a smudge, smear → 1844 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BALM to smear with something resinous or sticky → 1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BESMATTER ► BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt → 1715 Eng. dial.
► BESMUDGE to smear, to soil with mud or dirt → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BESTRIKE to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with → 1527 obs. rare
► CAGGLE OVER to smear over → 1895 Eng. dial.
► CLART to make dirty or to smear with any sticky substance → 13C
► DECHE to daub; to smear → a1000 obs.
 GLOP to smear; to daub → 1980 US sl.
► GOOK UP to smear something slimy or sticky on someone → 1950s sl.
► GOOP to smear with something sticky; esp. to apply an oily or greasy preparation to the hair → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty → 1954 Amer. dial.
► ILLINE to smear, to besmear → 1615 obs. rare
► ILLITE to smear, to anoint → 1657 obs. rare
► KAGGLE OVER to smear over → 1895 Eng. dial.
► OBLITE to smear over; to daub → 1657 obs. rare
► OBVISCATE to smear over; to smooth as with a slimy coating; to mollify → 1684 obs. rare
► SCLATCH ► SKLATCH to smear, to bedaub, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance → 1825 Sc.
► SLURRY to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub → LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 SMARM to smear, to bedaub → 1847 Eng. dial.
► SMATHER to smear, to slather → 1960 Amer. dial.
 SMIRCH to stain, smear or befoul with something dirty or having staining properties → 1615
 SMITE to smear a substance on something; to smear something → 1000 obs.
► SMOOCH ► SMOOTCH to smudge, to smear → 1828 Amer. dial.
 SMORE to smear, to bedaub → 1530 obs.
► SMOUCH ► SMOUTCH to smudge, to smear → 1844 Amer. dial.
► TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty → 1880 Eng. dial.