bedaub Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spread or daub (a surface)
    besmear.

WordNet

Be*daub" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bedaubed (); present participle & verbal noun Bedaubing
Definitions
  1. To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
    Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. Barrow.

Webster 1913