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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-dawb |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈdɔb |
Definition of bedaub
Origin :- 1550s, from be- + daub (v). Related: Bedaubed; bedaubing.
- verb smear
- With this paste the natives delighted to bedaub their faces.
- Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.
- Extract from : « The Captive in Patagonia » by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
- Against which he prepares to bedaub him, and swears he will do it from the beginning, from Jersey to this day.
- Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys
- Whan a man's shoe is blackened and bedaub'd with industry, it will procure him such a supply as will make him cheerful.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
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