besmut

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ smut. Compare Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”).

Verb

besmut (third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)

  1. (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
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