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Definition of Besmeared
1. besmear [v] - See also: besmear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besmeared
Literary usage of Besmeared
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Antiquities ...: Designed to Illustrate the Latin Classics, by by Alexander Adam (1839)
"... on which a temporary stage was erected, where they played and sung, having
their faces besmeared with the lees of wine,3 whence according to some, ..."
2. Roman antiquities: or An account of the manners and customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1835)
"... n which a temporary stage was erected, where they played iind sung, having
their faces besmeared with the lees of wine,2 whence according to some, ..."
3. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"On approaching them, we found that they had besmeared their faces with tar, and
covered their heads and shoulder* with,aa cloth to protect themselves from ..."
4. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"Seeing her stream besmeared with the blood of St. Alban, she prayed that it might
be diverted into another channel, and her prayer was granted. ..."
5. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Slake, vt to quench, extin- Slake, ». /.. [slak,] to mix with water, and reduce
to paste, as lime. Slav'-er-ed,* p. besmeared with saliva. ..."
6. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"The surface of a chancre usually assumes a greyish appearance, looking as if
besmeared with a secretion of that colour, having a degree of tenacity as if ..."
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