Some glittering, crystalline smears remained in the crevices but the crystals were dull and life-less.
"Master of the Moondog"
Stanley Mullen
The candle shone red through the smears his fingers left on the horn panes.
"The Ship of Stars"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
There are a few pretty large and conspicuous spots and hair-lines of deep brownish red, almost black, and there are a few large pinkish-brown smears and clouds, generally lying round or about the dark spots; and then towards the large end there are several small clouds and patches of faint inky purple, which appear to underlie the other markings.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume