definition of
[smut]

[1] #1 smut n. [carbon black, lampblack, soot, crock] a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. wn

[2] #2 smut v. make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act". wn

[3] #3 smut n. destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores. wn

[4] #4 smut v. stain with a dirty substance, such as soot. wn

[5] #5 smut n. [smut fungus] any fungus of the order Ustilaginales. wn