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.