besmear

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The women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

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

To foul with a dirty liquid; to besmear.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James

The inhabitants of Westbothnia, to defend themselves against the bites of gnats, besmear their skin with a mixture of tar and fish-grease, or some other kind of fat.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von

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