bedaub /bɪˈdɔːb/ verb2 •To smear upon; to soil.In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey. — 2009 •To ornament garishly; to overdecorate. formsbedaubed · bedaubing · bedaubeth · bedaubs