besmear

Example Sentences

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To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

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

“They are gentlemen, no matter how much you may wish to besmear them with low epithets.”

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

On the four corners of the platform, large jars were placed, filled with melted butter, to besmear the pyramid, that it might be the more easily set on fire.

From Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. by Scudder, Dr. John

The colours with which they besmear the bodies of both sexes possibly date from the same common origin.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

In all history it has been shown that he who seeks to besmear others usually leaves the greatest amount of mud on himself.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.