besmear

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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 Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Of course, you will cut your beautiful locks, besmear your cheeks, and there you are.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

Drabble, drab′l, v.t. to besmear with mud and water.—n.

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

He sat behind his card-strewn counter holding the stencil brush like a sort of weapon ready to besmear that face of sneering assurance if its owner ventured too near.

From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese