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smeary, a.|ˈsmɪərɪ|
Also 6 smery, smearye, 6–7 smeerie, smearie.
[f. smear n. or v. Cf. NFris. smēri, smörig, WFris. smoarrich, smoarch, MDu. smerich (Du. smerig), MLG. smerich (LG. smerig, G. dial. schmêrig, G. schmierig), MSw. smörug (Sw. smörjig), MDa. smørugh, -ig.]
1. Marked or characterized by smears; showing smears or dirty marks; bedaubed, begrimed.
a1529Skelton Ware the Hawke 324 Masyd, wytles, smery smyth, Hampar with your hammer vpon thy styth. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 78 You shal be so gaunted in hunger, That youre smeary tabils you wyl most greedelye swallow. 1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1769 The said place being all black, smeerie, and foule therewith. 1844Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. XXIX. 710 The Wilkie-like pictures of Mr. Fraser, with their peculiar smeary manner. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. xliii, A smeary newspaper long out of date. 1883D. C. Murray Hearts I. 226 A crying woman whose eyes were actually growing smeary whilst she wept.
2. Tending to smear or soil; of a greasy or unctuous nature.
1582Stanyhurst æneis Ded. (Arb.) 9 That bast theyre papers with smearie larde sauoring al too geather of thee frying pan. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 35 b/1 Her sweat is fattye, axungiouse, and smearye. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xi. ⁋23 Trane-Oyl..[makes the ink] dull, smeary and unpleasant to the Eye. 1708Rowe Royal Convert iii, A smeary foam works o'er my grinding jaws. 1718― Lucan's Pharasalia iii. 1015 The smeary Wax the bright'ning Blaze supplies. 1757tr. Henckel's Pyritologia 317 If again exposed to the air, it becomes smeary, moist, and fluid. 1816W. Smith Strata Identified 9 Mouldering when dry; smeary when wet. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 252 A good housekeeper who does not like to set her butter on the table in a smeary state, keeps it in summer on ice. |
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