0 a mark with no particular shape that is caused, usually by accident, by rubbing something such as ink or a dirty finger across a surface: --
1 If ink, paint, etc. smudges or if someone smudges it, it becomes dirty or not clear because someone or something has touched it: --
2 a mark left on a surface, usually unintentionally, from having touched something wet or sticky: --
In counterfeit notes, the printed lines will be broken and there may also be ink smudges.
Fixative is used to prevent pencil and crayon marks from smudging.
Gel ink dries much more rapidly than liquid-ink, making it much more, but not completely, resistant to smudging.
Indistinct or poorly defined markings in these regions are often called neck or shoulder "smudges", "patches", or "shadows".
Sage and sweet grass are burned with the user inhaling and covering themselves in the smoke in a process known widely as smudging.
However, they will last a long time and resist smudging, even on very oily skin.
You can almost picture a bewildered office boy, his face smudged with soot, wandering through the ruins and rescuing pages at random.
Observing their smudges, smears, and imperfections, he sensed that he too was capable of such work, and decided to attend art school.
