(adj) smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; ; - Henry Roth, Example:oil-smeared work clothes; hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust; ink-smudged fingers
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke. ] 1. A suffocating smoke. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear. [ 1913 Webster ]