Bedaub
to smear all over; besmear; soil.
to ornament gaudily or excessively.
historical examples
the men paint or bedaub their faces and br–sts with a kind of red earth.
the captive in patagonia benjamin franklin bourne
against which he prepares to bedaub him, and swears he will do it from the beginning, from jersey to this day.
diary of samuel pepys, complete samuel pepys
with this paste the natives delighted to bedaub their faces.
the works of hubert howe bancroft, volume 2 hubert howe bancroft
whan a man’s shoe is blackened and bedaub’d with industry, it will procure him such a supply as will make him cheerful.
the proverbs of scotland alexander hislop
verb (transitive)
to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty
to ornament in a gaudy or vulgar fashion
v.
1550s, from be- + daub (v). related: bedaubed; bedaubing.
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