bedaub

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The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.

From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin

To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Besmear, be-smēr′, v.t. to smear over: to bedaub: to pollute.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

"Yes, but you must not bedaub the walls," said Mother Carsten.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

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 Corry, Joseph