[f. SMUT v.]
1. One who smuts or stains.
1611. Cotgr., Barbouilleur,… a blotter, spotter, smutter, besmearer of.
2. A smutting-machine for cleaning grain. Hence smutter room.
1887. Daily News, 3 May, 6/6. A fire happened at the steam flour mills…. Which occasioned the subjoined damage: Smutter room and contents burned out and the roof off.
3. A fish that rises at, or feeds on, smuts.
1889. Sat. Rev., 18 May, 612/2. ‘Never take under-sized or ill-conditioned fish’ (bulgers and smutters probably).
