[f. SMUDGE sb.2 or v.2]

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  1.  dial. a. Stifling, stuffy. b. Thick, foggy.

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1847.  Halliw. s.v., The fire is so large that it makes the room feel quite hot and smudgy.

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1870.  E. Peacock, Ralf Skirl., II. 182. If it wasn’t so … smudgy we should see ’em.

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  2.  Giving out much smoke; smoky.

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1878.  Pop. Sci. Monthly, XIII. 267. If more light was needed, other smudgy lamps were added.

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1905.  Jack London, in McClure’s Mag., Dec., 148/1. He built a fire,—a smoldering, smudgy fire.

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