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bedaub

be·daub [ bi dáwb ] (past and past participle be·daubed, present participle be·daub·ing, 3rd person present singular be·daubs)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
smear with something that spoils: to smear a surface thickly or carelessly with something that spoils it or makes it dirty ( literary )

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