bedaub

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The relatives of the deceased bedaub themselves from head to foot with white clay, upon which they form the most disgusting figures, while scarcely a leg or an arm exhibits the same feature.

From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph

To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.

From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin

Does any one bedaub his friends with flattery?

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Our pessimist frauds and the Ibsensite pack Will groan as they thickly bedaub it in black.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various