Be‐smut″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Besmutted; p. pr. & vb. n.Besmutting.] [Pref. be- + smut: cf. AS. besmītan, and also OE. besmotren.] To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.