Noah Webster
Smear
SMEAR, verb transitive
1. To overspread with any thing unctuous, viscous or adhesive; to besmear; to daub; as, to smear any thing with oil, butter, pitch, etc.
2. To soil; to contaminate; to pollute; as smeared with infamy.
SMEAR, noun A fat oily substance; ointment. [Little Used.]