smuttedadj.
/ˈsmʌtɪd/ 1. Begrimed, smirched, dirtied, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective]
solc1200
soileda1250
suddly1488
sullied1571
smirched1600
besmircheda1616
smutted1622
moiled1632
soily1677
smutched1785
besoiled1834
smirchy1889
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 106 Whence that infernall Flood, the smutted Acheron Shoues forth her sullen head.
1708 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 37 There was left on the Wall a smutted Scar or Trace.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 27 The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 318 Till every smutted feature swell with joy.
1850 P. Crook War of Hats 47 Those heavers, too, of coals, with smutted face.
2. Of grain: Affected by smut.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease
rustyc1503
smutty1597
smutched1620
slaina1642
smutty1667
sooty1697
rusted1763
spurred1763
smutted1766
leaf spot1846
fly-speck1855
ergotized1860
tagged1892
mummied1893
mummified1895
conky1905
rhynchosporium1918
Alternaria1924
Sigatoka1925
pasmo1926
sclerotinia1926
oak wilt1942
silver-leaf1946
wildfire1971
1766 Compl. Farmer at Smut I..have sown smutted wheat..and have not had one smutted ear from the produce.
1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 155 Some smutted ears, of rather an unusual appearance.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 339 The Corporation of Bakers at Perth, have a wooden tub for cleaning smutted wheat.
1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) vi. 118 Myriads of seeds are shed from the smutted ears long before the corn is ripe.
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