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smudge

Noun

∙ A blemish; a smear.
∙ Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
∙ 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. US
∙ A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation. paganism, chiefly in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense"

Verb

∙ To obscure by blurring; to smear.
∙ To soil or smear with dirt.
∙ To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
∙ To stifle or smother with smoke.
∙ To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation). paganism, intransitive
∙ To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging). paganism, transitive