smutch /smʌt͡ʃ/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A stain, smudge or blot.[…] Examine well His milk-white hand. The palm is hardly clean— But here and there an ugly smutch appears. Foh! ’twas a bribe that left it. — 1785 verb1 •To soil, stain or smudge.Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose? They say it is a copy out of mine. — 1610 formssmutched · smutching · smutches
