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Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity. He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room. Addison. Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.

A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson.

Snuff. [Obs.] Howell.

Soiled with smut; smutted.

To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of…

Containing bismuth.

Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.

Containing bismuth.

Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.

Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.

Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color. [Written also bismuthite.]

The quality of being intransmutable.

Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

The quality of being transmutable.

Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable. The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot. -- Trans*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trans*mut"a*bly, adv.

The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.

into another; to transform. The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster. Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.

One who transmutes.