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Smudge (Noun)

A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek".

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

A smoky fire to drive away insects.

Nouns denoting natural events.

The smudge hung lazily above the campsite, its smoke wobbling through the air to drive away the biting flies.
To start the smudge, they placed dry leaves and small twigs on the embers of the previous night's fire.
As they added wetter wood to the fire, a thick smudge began to rise, hazing the landscape and keeping the mosquitoes at bay.
The gamekeeper produced a smudge from beneath the branches of a nearby evergreen, using the pungent smoke to clear the area of gnats.
Building a smudge with damp grass and moss, the farmer worked through the evening to keep the swarm of insects away from the newly planted fields.