smutch
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She hadn’t done anything to me, and the smutch of the mud against her blue gown — the prettiest dress I ever saw.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
You do not ken me for the thing I am: If you but guessed, you’d fling the door wide open, And draw your petticoats about you tight, Lest any draggletail of mine should smutch them.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
"You can't smutch the character of Daviess," said Wood.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable
They were alert, well-muscled; their faces were streaked with paleness and a black smutch like dancers made up for a masquerade.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
Some are worthless little patches, Which indeed if they don't smutch you, 'Tis they're dead before they touch you!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
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