bespatter
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To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
"Oh mother!" said Eva, "you know it gives me a headache to brush boots, and I shall make my hands so dirty, and perhaps bespatter the floor with blacking as well."
From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Loïs Bates
Howell has a poem “On some who, blending their brains together, plotted how to bespatter one of the Muses’ choicest sons, Sir William D’Avenant.”
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
Befoam, be-fōm′, v.t. to bespatter or cover with foam.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Can't some poetic swell-beau Re-christen old Crum Elbow And each prosaic bluff, Bold Breakneck gently flatter, And Dunderberg bespatter, With euphony and stuff!
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various
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