BEDAUB, BEDAUBED
(also see DAUB)
ADJECTIVES
1684 ► BECLARTED bedaubed, besmeared → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1856 ► ELTED UP bedaubed, covered with dirt → Eng. dial.
1898 ► MERTERED bedaubed, bespattered → Sc.
VERBS
1394 ► BESLUBBER to bedaub, to bedabble, to besmear; to wet and soil with a thick liquid
1530 ► SMORE to smear, to bedaub → obs.
1777 ► MOIL to make dirty, to defile; to soil, to bedaub, to plaster with mud or dirt → Eng. dial.
1825 ► LEBBER to bedaub, to beslabber → Sc.
1825 ► SCLATCH → SKLATCH to bedaub, to smear, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance → Sc.
1847 ► SMARM to smear, to bedaub → Eng. dial.
1864 ► MARTYR to bedaub, to bespatter, to dirty → Sc.