SMUT

vt to taint with mildew, as grain.

2. smut ·vt obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

3. smut ·vi to give off smut; to crock.

4. smut ·vt to clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

5. smut ·vi to gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

6. smut ·vt foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

7. smut ·vt to stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

8. smut ·vt bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

9. smut ·vt to blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

10. smut ·vt an affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. it is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus ustilago. ustilago segetum, or u. carbo, is the commonest kind; that of indian corn is ustilago maydis.