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bedaub

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be⋅daub

  [bi-dawb]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to smear all over; besmear; soil.
2. to ornament gaudily or excessively.
Origin:
1545–55; be- + daub
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be·daub   (bĭ-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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