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ˈsmut-ball
[f. smut n. 1.]
A single grain of wheat or other cereal affected by smut or bunt; a cohesive body of smut.
1750W. Ellis Mod. Husb. IV. iv. 130 (E.D.S.). a1761S. Hales in Mills Pract. Husb. III. 128 The moisture that was equal to the weight of the smut-balls and smut that was washed from the wheat. 1801Farmer's Mag. Apr. 154 The grains were..rubbed between the hands, in such a manner as to break the whole of the smut balls. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 954 A longitudinal section of a smut-ball taken when the stamens are fully formed within the corolla. 1883Good Words Nov. 736/1 Bunt..is known by various names in different parts of the country, as smut-balls, bladder-brand, stinking-rust, &c. |