bedaub
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Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.
From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew
Our pessimist frauds and the Ibsensite pack Will groan as they thickly bedaub it in black.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various
To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Besmear, be-smēr′, v.t. to smear over: to bedaub: to pollute.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
