'Smudge' definitions:

Definition of 'smudge'

noun

A smoky fire to drive away insects

noun

A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]

verb

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]

From: GCIDE

Smudge \Smudge\, n. [Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1. A suffocating smoke. --Grose. [1913 Webster]
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Smudge \Smudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
1. To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge. [1913 Webster]
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke. [1913 Webster]