bespatter

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Let kings or cobblers, for that matter, Tell of the gifts which we bespatter; Deem ye, that loyalty encumbers The congregated courtly numbers?

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John

"To bespatter a rival for the gaining of an advantage by contrast is a Yahoo's trick to which no decent gentleman would stoop."

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

Rushing to a large vessel of burnt clay, standing alongside the wall and filled with water, he plunged both hands into it, and began to bespatter the assailants with the not very clean liquid.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse

I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.

From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock

And knock down worth, bespatter merit: Don't stint—all will your scandal credit.

From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John