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smudging

verb

Meaning

  1. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
  2. To soil or smear with dirt.
  3. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
  4. To stifle or smother with smoke.
  5. To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
  6. To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
  7. The act of something being smudged.
  8. A stain or smear left by something being smudged.
  9. Suffumigation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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