bespatter
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This sincerity, abused as any good thing is liable to be, now and then grows scandalous; but still, Tom, though they may bespatter you with mud, nobody ever thinks you too dirty for society.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
Bemud, be-mud′, v.t. to bespatter with mud: to confuse.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
If the road is muddy be careful that you do not ride so as to bespatter her habit.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees.
From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by William Black
He felt the foam from their mouths bespatter him, and their hot, foul breath fan his face.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
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