besmear
Example Sentences
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They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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
The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
The inhabitants of Westbothnia, to defend themselves against the bites of gnats, besmear their skin with a mixture of tar and fish-grease, or some other kind of fat.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
“They are gentlemen, no matter how much you may wish to besmear them with low epithets.”
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
