besmear

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Indiscriminate flatterers are no better than the snake which besmears its prey with slime, only to gorge it the more easily.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

The assistant, having prepared the forehearth, returns to the furnace and besmears both sides as well as the top of the mouth with simple lute.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Now reigns the Rose, and now Th' Arabian dew besmears My uncontrolled brow, And my retorted hairs.

From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Palgrave, Francis Turner

Latinus tears his garments as he goes, Both for his public and his private woes; With filth his venerable beard besmears, And sordid dust deforms his silver hairs.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil