bedaub
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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 Andrew Lang
"Yes, but you must not bedaub the walls," said Mother Carsten.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
Besmear, be-smēr′, v.t. to smear over: to bedaub: to pollute.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Demosthenes describes the mother of Æschines as a dabbler in mysteries, and tells how Æschines used to assist her by helping to bedaub the initiate with clay and bran.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
