Smut

,

Noun.

[Akin to Sw.

smuts

, Dan.

smuds

, MHG.

smuz

, G.

schmutz

, D.

smet

a spot or stain,

smoddig

,

smodsig

,

smodderig

, dirty,

smodderen

to smut; and probably to E.

smite

. See

Smite

,

Verb.

T.

, and cf.

Smitt

,

Smutch

.]

1.

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

2.

(Mining)

Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

3.

(Bot.)

An infection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus

Ustilago

.

Ustilago segetum

, or

Ustilago Carbo

, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is

Ustilago maydis

.

4.

Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk

smut

,

though a priest and his mother be in the room

.

Addison.

Smut mill

,

a machine for cleansing grain from smut.

Smut

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Smutted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Smutting

.]

1.

To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

2.

To taint with mildew, as grain.

Bacon.

3.

To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

4.

To clear of smut;

as, to

smut

grain for the mill

.

Smut

,

Verb.

I.

1.

To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

Mortimer.

2.

To give off smut; to crock.

Smut

SMUT

, n.

1.

A spot made with soot or coal; or the foul matter itself.

2.

A foul black substance which forms on corn. Sometimes the whole ear is blasted and converted into smut. This is often the fact with maiz. Smut lessens the value of wheat.

3.

Obscene language.

SMUT

,

Verb.

I.

To gather smut; tobe converted into smut.

smut

English

Noun

smut ‎(countable and uncountable, plural smuts)

(uncountable) Soot.
(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
(uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- Addison
  He does not stand upon decency […] but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
(derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
(mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

Synonyms

(soot): filth
(sexually vulgar or pornographic material): filth

(promiscuous woman): ****

Derived terms

Translations

soot — see soot

sexually vulgar or pornographic material

Irish: gáirsiúlacht f, graostacht f, salachar m, cáidheadas m
Sundanese: cawokah

Swedish: snusk (sv) n

promiscuous woman — see ****

range of fungi

Maori: paura
Russian: головня́ (ru) f ‎(golovnjá), ржа́вчина (ru) f ‎(ržávčina)

Verb

smut ‎(third-person singular simple present smuts, present participle smutting, simple past and past participle smutted)

To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
(intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
To clear of the smut fungus.
to smut grain for the mill

Anagrams

must, stum, tums, UMTS, UTMS

Irish

Noun

smut m ‎(genitive singular smuit, nominative plural smuit)

Declension

Declension of smut

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smut	smuit
Vocative	a smuit	a smuta
Genitive	smuit	smut
Dative	smut	smuit

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an smut	na smuit
Genitive	an smuit	na smut
Dative	leis an smut don smut	leis na smuit

Synonyms

(rostrum): rostram

Derived terms

Terms derived from smut

smutach, smutúil ‎(“stumpy; curtailed, short; snouty; pug-nosed; sulky”, adjective)
smutaireacht f ‎(“(act of) sulking”)

smután m ‎(“stump; chunk of wood”)
smutmhadra m ‎(“pug-dog”)

Verb

smut ‎(present analytic smutann, future analytic smutfaidh, verbal noun smutadh, past participle smuta)

(transitive) truncate, shorten
Alternative form of smiot ‎(“hit, strike; smash; chip, chop; pare, whittle; fritter”)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	smutaim	smutann tú; smutair^†	smutann sé, sí	smutaimid	smutann sibh	smutann siad; smutaid^†	a smutann; a smutas / a smutann; a smutas	smutar
	past	smut mé; smutas	smut tú; smutais	smut sé, sí	smutamar; smut muid	smut sibh; smutabhair	smut siad; smutadar	a smut / ar smut*	smutadh
	past habitual	smutainn	smutá	smutadh sé, sí	smutaimis; smutadh muid	smutadh sibh	smutaidís; smutadh siad	a smutadh / ar smutadh*	smutaí
	future	smutfaidh mé; smutfad	smutfaidh tú; smutfair^†	smutfaidh sé, sí	smutfaimid; smutfaidh muid	smutfaidh sibh	smutfaidh siad; smutfaid^†	a smutfaidh; a smutfas / a smutfaidh; a smutfas	smutfar
conditional		smutfainn	smutfá	smutfadh sé, sí	smutfaimis; smutfadh muid	smutfadh sibh	smutfaidís; smutfadh siad	a smutfadh / ar smutfadh*	smutfaí
subjunctive	present	go smuta mé; go smutad^†	go smuta tú; go smutair^†	go smuta sé, sí	go smutaimid; go smuta muid	go smuta sibh	go smuta siad; go smutaid^†	—	go smutar
subjunctive	past	dá smutainn	dá smutá	dá smutadh sé, sí	dá smutaimis; dá smutadh muid	dá smutadh sibh	dá smutaidís; dá smutadh siad	—	dá smutaí
imperative		smutaim	smut	smutadh sé, sí	smutaimis	smutaigí; smutaidh^†	smutaidís	—	smutar
verbal noun		smutadh
past participle		smuta

* Indirect relative
† Dialect form

References

"smut" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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