v. [f. BE- 1 + SMUTCH.] trans. To besmirch.
1832. Carlyle, in Fraser’s Mag., V. 258. Her siren finery has got all besmutched.
1856. R. Vaughan, Mystics, VI. i. (ed. 2), I. 151. Ruffling and besmutching all his gay feathers.
v. [f. BE- 1 + SMUTCH.] trans. To besmirch.
1832. Carlyle, in Fraser’s Mag., V. 258. Her siren finery has got all besmutched.
1856. R. Vaughan, Mystics, VI. i. (ed. 2), I. 151. Ruffling and besmutching all his gay feathers.
