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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Smeared \Smeared\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the
   smeared dagger moth ({Apatela oblinita}).

Smear \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smeared}
   (sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smearing}.] [OE. smeren,
   smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin
   to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to
   anoint. See {Smear}, n.]
   1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or
      adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. ``Smear
      the sleepy grooms with blood.'' --Shak.

   2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain
      morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

smeared
     adj : smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are
           often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes";
           "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry
           Roth; "ink-smudged fingers" [syn: {smirched}, {smudged},
            {smudgy}]
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