smuttern.
/ˈsmʌtə/ 1. One who smuts or stains.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling > one who
smutter1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Barbouilleur,..a blotter, spotter, smutter, besmearer of.
2. A smutting-machine for cleaning grain. Hence smutter room.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > machine for cleaning grain
bunt-mill1796
bran-duster1850
dismembrator1877
smutter1887
1887 Daily News 3 May 6/6 A fire happened at the steam flour mills.., which occasioned the subjoined damage: Smutter room and contents burned out and the roof off.
3. A fish that rises at, or feeds on, smuts.
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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > that eats insects
smutter1889
1889 Sat. Rev. 18 May 612/2 ‘Never take under-sized or ill-conditioned fish’ (bulgers and smutters probably).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
smutterv.
/ˈsmʌtə/ intransitive. = smut v. 4.
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the world > animals > fish > [verb (intransitive)] > rise at or feed on insects
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nymph1972
1899 Daily News 28 Dec. 6/4 There are three provoking habits of trout—‘bulging’,..‘tailing’,..and ‘smuttering’ when only a minute not imitable fly is being taken.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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