Thesaurus / besmear
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His intensity of loathing leads him to besmear his antagonists with filth.
SWIFTLESLIE STEPHENWas it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?
THE DAY OF JUDGMENTJOSEPH HOCKINGThey fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.
THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES OF INDIAR. V. RUSSELLMadame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.
L'ASSOMMOIREMILE ZOLAThe reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.
ORTHOGRAPHYELMER W. CAVINSLetter (from L. linere, to besmear); so called because smeared on parchment and not cut on wood.
ORTHOGRAPHYELMER W. CAVINSThe colours with which they besmear the bodies of both sexes possibly date from the same common origin.
A COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT PORT JACKSONWATKIN TENCHThey also besmear their bodies with grease and coloured earths.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VARIETIES OF MANROBERT GORDON LATHAMWhen serpents sting, the only remedy is to kill the serpent, and besmear the wound with the fat.
LETTERS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, VOL. I (OF 2)SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThe women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth.
THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AND THE WORSHIP OF THE DEAD, VOLUME I (OF 3)SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZERWORDS RELATED TO BESMEAR
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