smudge vs tar

smudge

noun
  • 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. 

  • A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one. 

verb
  • 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). 

tar

noun
  • A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke. 

  • A file produced by such a program. 

  • A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. 

  • A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus. 

  • A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East. 

  • Black tar, a form of heroin. 

  • Coal tar. 

  • A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems. 

verb
  • To besmirch. 

  • To create a tar archive. 

  • To coat with tar. 

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