bedaub

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To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.

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

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

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 Taylor, Benjamin

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

To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.

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