Smut
Smut , noun
[Akin to Swedish smuts, Danish smuds, Middle High German smuz, German schmutz, Dutch smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to English smite. See Smite, transitive verb, and compare 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.
(Botany) 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.
Collocations (1)
Smut mill , a machine for cleansing grain from smut.
Smut , transitive verb
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 , intransitive verb
1.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted. — Mortimer
2.
To give off smut; to crock.