a. [f. as prec.] Marked with a smirch or smirches.
1826. T. M. Musgrave, trans. Camoens’ Lusiad, VI. 242.
| The great but smirchy Artist, who prepar’d | |
| His Son’s superb and radiant arms, ne’er wrought | |
| Such vivid thunderbolts. |
1889. Wright, Chalice of Carden, xxvii. 187. Zeekle, whose smirchy countenance was irrigated with watercourses of tears.
