A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
A moral defect; a character flaw.
To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
To spoil the appearance of.
A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
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.
To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
To stifle or smother with smoke.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).