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 Noah Webster
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
The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
Does any one bedaub his friends with flattery?
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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 Benjamin Taylor
