smutchy, a.
(ˈsmʌtʃɪ)
Also 6 smutchie.
[f. smutch n.]
Smudgy, smeary, dirty.
| 1579 Twyne Phis. agst. Fortune i. xlii. 60 The woorkemanshyp of a smutchie and filthie woorkeman. 1628 Shirley Witty Fair One iv. iv, You are in hope to filch a point from my breeches, Which..you will wear About your smutchy wrist for a bracelet. 1867 Lowell Lett. (1894) I. iv. 423, I have no fear that these smutchy backdoors of hell shall prevail against her. 1883 Nation (N.Y.) 20 Dec. 517/1 The illustrations..have that heavy and smutchy effect in the closely shaded parts which is a constant defect in mechanical engraving. |