Smut

·vt To taint with mildew, as grain.

II. Smut ·vt Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

III. Smut ·vi To give off smut; to Crock.

IV. Smut ·vt To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.

V. Smut ·vi To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.

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

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

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

IX. Smut ·vt To Blacken; to sully or taint; to Tarnish.

X. Smut ·vt An affection 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 U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.