besmut
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From be- + smut. Compare Old English besmittian (“to pollute, defile”).
Verb[edit]
besmut (third-person singular simple present besmuts, present participle besmutting, simple past and past participle besmutted)
- (transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.