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besmear

[bih-smeer] / bɪˈsmɪər /


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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

To foul with a dirty liquid; to besmear.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings

Beslobber, be-slob′ėr, v.t. to besmear with the spittle running from one's mouth: to cover with drivelling kisses: to flatter fulsomely.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Dark streams of welling blood besmear Thy limbs where dust and mire adhere, Nor have I strength, weighed down by woe, Mine arms about thy form to throw.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

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


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