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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SMUSH, n.² A thick cloud of smoke or soot particles, grime, a sulphurous smell (Fif. 1808 Jam.; Ork., Bnff. 1970). Adj. smushy, foul, fumy, suffocating (I.Sc. 1970). [smʌʃ; Ork. smuʃ]Abd. 1801 W. Beattie Parings 6:
O laddy! ye're a hagmahush; Yer face is barked o'er wi' smush.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxviii.:
Sic a smush raise i' th' hoose that ye couldna hae seen yer finger afore ye.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ. I. xxiv.:
Brennin' pick an' smushy brunstane.