bedaub

Example Sentences

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"Yes, but you must not bedaub the walls," said Mother Carsten.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

Does any one bedaub his friends with flattery?

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

Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk. 

From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew

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

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

The women wear small ear-rings of silver, but use no paint, nor do they bedaub their persons with any sort of pigment.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert