Beclart

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt. UK, dialectal, transitive

Synonyms

assoil bedaub bedirty bedizen befile befilth

Etymology

From Middle English biclarten, equivalent to be- + clart. Cognate with Scots beclairt (“to soil, splash or cover with filth”).

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