bedaub, besmear
(verb) spread or daub (a surface)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
besmear (third-person singular simple present besmears, present participle besmearing, simple past and past participle besmeared)
(transitive) To smear over; smear all over; sully.
• Beamers, Bermeas, beamers
Source: Wiktionary
Be*smear", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmearing.]
Definition: To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
