besmear
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Drabble, drab′l, v.t. to besmear with mud and water.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
There is no arrogance so great as the proclaiming of other men's errors and faults, by those who understand nothing but the dregs of actions, and who make it their business to besmear deserving fames.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
I had noticed before, in the Malmö prison, how the prisoners tried to besmear this glass, or scratch on it, with a sort of fury, so that it was often impossible to see through it.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
She was about to besmear her face, when lady Feng pleaded: "My dear child, do let me off this time!"
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins
