smudges

noun
  1. 1

    A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.

    โ€œThere was a smudge on the paper.โ€

  2. 2

    Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.

  3. 3

    A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.

  4. 4

    (especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.

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