besmear
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I was enforc'd to send it after him; I was beset with shame and courtesy; My honour would not let ingratitude So much besmear it.
From The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, William
Drabble, drab′l, v.t. to besmear with mud and water.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
In all history it has been shown that he who seeks to besmear others usually leaves the greatest amount of mud on himself.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
It is said that elephants in India will besmear themselves with mud as a protection against insects, and that they will break branches from the trees and use them to brush away the flies.
From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John
They make little fires during the day, sleeping at night among the warm ashes, with which they besmear their bodies.
