The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smutching
Smutch \Smutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smutching.]
To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also
smooch.]
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
smutching
vb. (present participle of smutch English)