besmear

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

besmear
    v 1: spread or daub (a surface) [syn: {bedaub}, {besmear}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Besmear \Be*smear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmeared}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Besmearing}.]
   To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to
   soil.
   [1913 Webster]

         Besmeared with precious balm.            --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 Moby Thesaurus words for "besmear":
      apply paint, attaint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmirch, besmoke,
      besmutch, besoil, bestain, black, blacken, blur, brand,
      brush on paint, butter, calcimine, coat, color, complexion, cover,
      dab, darken, daub, deep-dye, dip, dirty, discolor, distemper,
      double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face, fast-dye, fresco,
      gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan,
      lacquer, lay on, lay on color, mark, paint, parget, pigment, prime,
      scorch, sear, shade, shadow, shellac, singe, slap on, slather,
      slop on paint, slubber, slur, smear, smear on, smirch, smoke,
      smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spot, spread on, spread with,
      stain, stigmatize, stipple, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, tinct,
      tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat, varnish, wash, whitewash