1. (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

2. (n.) To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.

3. (n.) A fat, oily substance; ointment.

4. (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

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