bespatter
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For the future you may besnuff and bespatter your coat as much as you please, for all the trouble I shall ever take.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
Jawp, to throw water upon a person, to bespatter.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
As Stars may without Pillories dispence, To slit some Ears for Forgeries of sense, Which Princes, Nobles, and the Fame of Men, Sought to bespatter by a worthless Pen.
From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Harold Whitmore Jones
And knock down worth, bespatter merit: Don't stint—all will your scandal credit.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay
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
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