bedaub
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To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
"Yes, but you must not bedaub the walls," said Mother Carsten.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
Demosthenes describes the mother of Æschines as a dabbler in mysteries, and tells how Æschines used to assist her by helping to bedaub the initiate with clay and bran.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
