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Definition of Bedaubing
1. bedaub [v] - See also: bedaub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedaubing
Literary usage of Bedaubing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"The act of bedaubing, [of working in mud or in a slatternly manner, Clydes/j 2.
... The act of bedaubing or besmearing, as with butter, &c. 6. ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"6 bedaubing material. To make this material of a ... To be ground тегу fine and
made up with water ; used for bedaubing the surface of the ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"The act of bedaubing, Lanark*. 2. A quantity of some soft disgusting substance ; as,
... The act of bedaubing. 8. Si. /г../щи. 3. A dirty slut, Ettr. For. ..."
4. Pocket Dictionary of the Scottish Idiom in which the Signification of the by Robert Motherby (1826)
"... v. and s. to bedaub; a portion of the bedaubing matter, ... v. and s. to spread
over, to befoul or bedaub; a portion of the bedaubing matter, ..."
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