Obs. rare. [ad. Ir. smuiteán, smúiteán powder, fine ashes, soot, = Sc. Gael. smuidean a mote, particle of dust.] Snuff.
1650. Howell, Lett., III. 12. The Spaniards and Irish take it [tobacco] most in powder or smutchin, and it mightily refreshes the brain. Ibid. Their boxes of smutchin.
