Which preposition to use with smutting
They all have some kind of smut on them that comes from their trade.
These reproduce the smut in somewhat the same way that a true seed develops into a new plant.
The smut of wheat is a well-known instance of such a disease, and it cannot be doubted that the grape-disease and the potato-disease fall under the same category.
Even with an intervening summer fallow, the smut from a previous crop may be a source of infection.
Jane, who is perfectly Athenian in her passion for novelty, decided to travel on the engine, and proceeded to do so; until, at the first halting-place, a grimy and somewhat dishevelled female climbed into our carriage, and the next half-hour was fully occupied in scooping smuts out of her eyes with teaspoons.
Spring wheats generally suffer less from smut than winter varieties.
The once decent hallways were smutted with grimy hands; the wide marble steps were huddled with alien, unclean people.