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snudge
English
Etymology
From Old English, related to snug.
Verb
snudge (third-person singular simple present snudges, present participle snudging, simple past and past participle snudged)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To lie snug or quiet.
- (obsolete) To save in a miserly manner; to hoard.
Derived terms
- snudge along: to walk looking down, with an abstracted appearance.
- snudge over the fire: to keep close to the fire.
Noun
snudge (plural snudges)
- (obsolete) A miser; a sneaking fellow.
Anagrams
- Sugden, nudges
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smudge
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /sm?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Chambers 1908: "Swedish smuts dirt, Danish smuds smut, German Schmutz"”)
Noun
smudge (countable and uncountable, plural smudges)
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
Synonyms
- (blemish, smear): blur, smear, stain
Derived terms
- smudge attack
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smogen.
Verb
smudge (third-person singular simple present smudges, present participle smudging, simple past and past participle smudged)
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- 2013, Rachel Patterson, Pagan Portals - Hoodoo: Folk Magic ?ISBN:
- This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath. To smudge your body use an incense mixture such as sandalwood, lavender, frankincense or myrrh.
- 2013, Rachel Patterson, Pagan Portals - Hoodoo: Folk Magic ?ISBN:
Synonyms
- (to obscure by blurring): blur, smear
- (to soil or smear with dirt): smutch, soil
- (to use smoke against insects): fumigate
Translations
Related terms
- smudgily
- smudginess
- smudgy
Anagrams
- Mudges, degums, mudges
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