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▪ I. smutter, n.|ˈsmʌtə(r)|
[f. smut v.]
1. One who smuts or stains.
1611Cotgr., Barbouilleur,..a blotter, spotter, smutter, besmearer of.
2. A smutting-machine for cleaning grain. Hence smutter room.
1887Daily News 3 May 6/6 A fire happened at the steam flour mills.., which occasioned the subjoined damage: Smutter room and contents burned out and the roof off.
3. A fish that rises at, or feeds on, smuts.
1889Sat. Rev. 18 May 612/2 ‘Never take under-sized or ill-conditioned fish’ (bulgers and smutters probably).
▪ II. smutter, v.|ˈsmʌtə(r)|
[f. smut n. 4 c.]
intr. = smut v. 4.
1899Daily News 28 Dec. 6/4 There are three provoking habits of trout—‘bulging’,..‘tailing’,..and ‘smuttering’ when only a minute not imitable fly is being taken. |