Smear /(smēr)/

imp. & p. p. Smeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing

1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
3. To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).
4. to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.

1. A fat, oily substance; oinment.
2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

   Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light.