besmear
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Dark streams of welling blood besmear Thy limbs where dust and mire adhere, Nor have I strength, weighed down by woe, Mine arms about thy form to throw.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
It is said that elephants in India will besmear themselves with mud as a protection against insects, and that they will break branches from the trees and use them to brush away the flies.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?
From The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking
Smirch, smirch, v.t. to besmear, dirty: to degrade in fame, dignity, &c.—n. a stain.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Of course, you will cut your beautiful locks, besmear your cheeks, and there you are.
From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta
