smirchedadj.
/sməːtʃt/ Marked, soiled, made dirty, etc., with a smirch or stain.
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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
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 132 The smircht worm-eaten tapestry. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. iii. 100 Impious Warre,..with his smyrcht complexion. View more context for this quotation
1746 T. Smollett Advice 72 From the smirch'd scullion to th' embroider'd Peer.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxiii. 433 He hung motionless across the rope like a smirched and half-burned fleece.
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady 157 Here a smirched artisan who merely bolts The plates of iron fortress.
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