bedecked

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Figure after figure emerged, one more besmirched than another, till finally the most beflecked of all was shaken out and displayed—Lady Grosville's brother and Kitty's father, the late Lord Blackwater.

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Oft watch It, on the soundless lowlands near, Or downs of gold beflecked with shadows' flight, Sit down immensely there beside the night.

From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Verhaeren, Emile

Had I been colder I had not reached thee,     Besmirched the ermine, beflecked the snow— It was only sheer and desperate passion     That won thy beauty in years ago.

From Last Poems by Hope, Laurence

Grinding his teeth, he twitched the rein so sharply that Typhoon, beflecked with foam, fell back upon his haunches.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis