smutted

As soon as I heard the first yelp of a blood-hound I "smutted" my shoe-soles, and soon threw them off the scent.

Biography of a Slave; Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, A Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While A Slave in the South. Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave Life 1875

"smutted" my shoe-soles, and soon threw them off the scent.

Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Charles Thompson

"temporarily 'smutted'" - a reference to January's anti-smut campaign, which closed down political sites by claiming they were disseminating pornography.

...My heart's in Accra 2009

Authors that report them; but the Stories of our Times are so black, that the Authors, can hardly escape being smutted, or defil'd in touching such

The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

Authors that report them; but the Stories of our Times are so black, that the Authors, can hardly escape being smutted, or defil'd in touching such

The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

Btw, as some have stated already, I loved the use of “yawned” and “smutted” here as well.

The Element of Style 2007

Btw, as some have stated already, I loved the use of “yawned” and “smutted” here as well.

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“Above her the roof of Euston Station yawned in two barnlike peaks, its smutted glass filtering in a watery species of sunshine more appropriate to dusk than noon.”

The Element of Style 2007

Btw, as some have stated already, I loved the use of “yawned” and “smutted” here as well.

The Element of Style 2007

Btw, as some have stated already, I loved the use of “yawned” and “smutted” here as well.

Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary » The Element of Style » Print 2007