bedaub
VerbSynonyms:
besmear
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Be·daub′ (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Bedaubed (…); present participle & verbal noun Bedaubing.]
To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish.— Isaac Barrow
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54