Smear

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 100

smēr, v.t. to overspread with anything sticky or oily, as grease: to daub.— n. Smear′ine .— adj. Smear′y , sticky: showing smears. [A.S. smeru , fat, grease; Ger. schmeer , grease, Ice. smjör , butter.]