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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smeared \Smeared\, a. (Zool.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smear \Smear\ (sm[=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared (sm[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.] 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.). [PJC] 4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent. [PJC]