bedaub

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Some tribes paint the face only; others, on the contrary, do not touch that part; but bedaub with colors their arms, feet, and breasts.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Does any one bedaub his friends with flattery?

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Our pessimist frauds and the Ibsensite pack Will groan as they thickly bedaub it in black.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various

To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.

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

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

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich