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 New Edition by Andrew Lang
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
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 Joseph Corry
"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 by Andrew Lang
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