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bedaubed

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be·daub  (b-dôb)
tr.v. be·daubed, be·daub·ing, be·daubs
1. To smear; soil.
2. To ornament in a vulgar, showy fashion.
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Adj.1.bedaubed - ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
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And going to a bigger pine, he rose by his own unaided exertions to the top branch, where he sat, all bedaubed with the pitch which that vegetable exudes.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Thus arrayed, their hair besmeared with fish oil, and their bodies bedaubed with red clay, they considered themselves irresistible.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Nioche at last took his daughter's paint-box in one hand and the bedaubed canvas, after giving it a solemn, puzzled stare, in the other, and led the way to the door.
The American by James, Henry View in context
 
 
 
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