1. Verb
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
2. Verb
Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
3. Verb
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.
4. Verb
Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
5. Verb
To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
6. Verb
To taint with mildew, as grain.
7. Verb
To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
8. Verb
To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
9. Verb
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
10. Verb
To give off smut; to crock.
11. Noun
any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
12. Noun
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
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