bespatter

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The roar of the surf is so great that we cannot hear each other speak, and the rain and foam bespatter our faces.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)

Rushing to a large vessel of burnt clay, standing alongside the wall and filled with water, he plunged both hands into it, and began to bespatter the assailants with the not very clean liquid.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse

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 Lever, Charles James

"For that reason," she answered sharply—"lest the disgrace bespatter my kinsman, Sir Peter, and his sweet lady."

From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane.

From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock