单词 | smeeching |
释义 | > as lemmassmeeching smeeching n. now rare †(a) the action of blackening or dirtying something (obsolete); (b) the production of black smoke or noxious fumes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [noun] > dirtying with smoke smeeching1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patrouillement, a smeeching, begriming, besmearing. 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 339 Fumigare, vaporare, fumare, a smeeching, smutching, as to smutch. 1907 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 5 Oct. 210/2 While the kiln is in operation, the escape of the arsenic fumes can be detected here and there in the form of little jets, which the workmen describe as ‘smeeching’. < as lemmas |
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