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  • 21Smudge — Smudge, n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.] 1. A suffocating smoke. Grose. [1913 Webster] 2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the… …

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  • 22smutchy — /smuch ee/, adj., smutchier, smutchiest. of or pertaining to smutch; dirty; grimy; soiled; smudged. [1570 80; SMUTCH + Y1] * * * …

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  • 23dirty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclean, filthy, soiled, foul; murky, miry, stormy; vile, sordid, mean; pornographic; dishonest. See uncleanness, dimness, impurity, cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing dirt] Syn.… …

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  • 24Blackness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blackness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blackness blackness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c.(want of light) ???. ???>421 Sgm: N 1 swartliness swartliness lividity dark color tone color …

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  • 25blob — n 1. globule, drop, droplet, glob, gutta, bubble, dewdrop, pearl, tear; bead, spherule, spheroid, oval; pellet, ball, shot, pea, pill; lump, mass, dab, particle, dash, speck, dot, iota. 2. spot, mark, splotch, splash, dash, daub; stain, soil,… …

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  • 26blot — n 1. spot, speck, blotch, patch, dot, mark; smudge, smutch, smear, smirch, blur; stain, soil, dirt. 2. blemish, taint, flaw, mar; defect, fault, crack, scratch; imperfection, disfigurement, defacement. v 3. spot, smudge, smutch, mark, ink;… …

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  • 27blur — v 1. smear, besmear, smirch, smudge; sully, dirty, soil, stain, smutch, begrime; bedaub, daub all over, blot, splotch, spot, blemish, splash, bespatter; blotch, mar, deface. 2. obscure, befog, obfuscate, make indistinct, dim, bedim; (all of the… …

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  • 28brand — n 1. make, kind, type, sort, class, line; grade, quality. 2. trademark, stamp, label, name; symbol, sign, representation, seal, marker; identification, tab, tag, earmark; insignia, ensign, sigil, signet, badge, crest, emblem; motto, catch phrase …

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  • 29smudge — n 1. dirty mark, smut, smear, smutch, blur, streak; stain, blot, taint, blemish, spot, smirch, blotch, splotch. v 2. smear, blur, streak, smutch, smut; dirty, sully, soil, stain, spot, smirch, discolor, blacken; begrime, besmear, besmirch, defile …

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  • 30smut — n 1. soot, ashes, filth, grime, dirt; dirty mark, smudge, smear, smutch. See smudge(def. 1). 2. obscenity, Sl. raunch, pornography, Inf. porn. v 3. soil, smudge, smear, streak, smutch. See smudge(def. 2) …

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