Smut

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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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