besmear

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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

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

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

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 Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

They make little fires during the day, sleeping at night among the warm ashes, with which they besmear their bodies.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?

From The Day of Judgment by Hocking, Joseph