Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin; the sense agrees with that of SMUG v.1 For the form cf. SMUDGE a.] trans. To make smart or trim; to deck or trick up.
1589. Greene, Menaphon (Arb.), 92. Doron smudgde himselfe vp, and iumpde a marriage with … Carmela.
1593. Nashe, Four Lett. Conf., Wks. (Grosart), II. 279. White wine … is good for nothing, but to wash sores in, and smudge vp withered beauty with. Ibid. (1596), Saffron Walden, Wks. (Grosart), III. 135. He … stood … by the glasse,… currying and smudging and pranking himselfe vnmeasurably.
