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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bedaub
    v 1: spread or daub (a surface) [syn: bedaub, besmear]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bedaub \Be*daub"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedaubed (?); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Bedaubing.]
   To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and
   dirty.
   [1913 Webster]

         Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. --Barrow.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Bedaub:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

apply paint, attaint, bedizen, begild, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bestain, black, blacken, blur, brand, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, darken, daub, deep-dye, dip, dirty, discolor, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face, fast-dye, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on, lay on color, mark, paint, parget, pigment, plaster, prime, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, shellac, singe, slap on, slather, slop on paint, slubber, slur, smarm, smear, smear on, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spot, spread on, spread with, stain, stigmatize, stipple, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat, varnish, wash, whitewash

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