2. Noun. Something smeared or daubed. ¹
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Definition of Smearing
1. smear [v] - See also: smear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smearing
Literary usage of Smearing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1810)
"Inutility of smearing Sheep. By AS—Farmer's Mag. No. 38. THIS writer states, that
he possesses a sheep-farm in a very high and ..."
2. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... or ' smearing' of the flocks, to kill vermin, prevent skin disease, and preserve
and cultivate the wool crop. The young branches of heath, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The old method of smearing the vellum with tincture of gall restored the writing,
but did irreparable damage by blackening the surface, and, ..."
4. Through the Kalahari Desert: A Narrative of a Journey with Gun, Camera, and by William Hunt, G. Antonio Farini (1886)
"Butterfly-hunting—A chameleon—Mixing the poison-pot—smearing the arrows—How the
arrows are made—" Honey-beer "—How the wild-bees' nests are ..."
5. Management and Feeding of Sheep by Thomas Shaw (1914)
"Washing and smearing show sheep—Certain breeds of sheep are washed when preparing
... The practice of smearing the wool of certain breeds, as, for instance, ..."
6. Dictionary of the Hausa Language by Charles Henry Robinson, Hausa Association, London (1913)
"... the name of a poison used for smearing arrows. roka, conversation, used in
Zaria for fira. roka or roko, Kanuri logo (cf. 9 JJ s * , Ar. f$t=>j from *£y ..."
7. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"... or smearing. Glazing by volatilisation is effected by conveying into the oven
a salt or metallic vapour which shall form with the silica of the mass »o ..."
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