bespatter
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The roar of the surf is so great that we cannot hear each other speak, and the rain and foam bespatter our faces.
From Round the Wonderful World by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
I said 'What a fine fellow you are to bespatter the whole world with this oil of vitriol!'
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Edwin Watts Chubb
I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees.
From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by William Black
It is in the nature of the "little villain" to bespatter men of such devotion, patriotism, and eminent capacity as is Captain Dahlgren.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.
From The Scarlet Letter by Mary Hallock Foote
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