Crossword-Solution: BESMEARS 8 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

And instead of repairing and heightening the piece judiciously, with soft colors and a delicate pencil,--with a coarse brush and a great deal of whitewash, he daubs and besmears the piece he means to adorn.

Indiscriminate flatterers are no better than the snake which besmears its prey with slime, only to gorge it the more easily.

After a deep fall of snow the wolf is unusually ferocious; if he besmears himself with the blood of a victim, or is so wounded that blood flows, it is positively asserted that his companions will instantly kill and devour him.

Whenever a woman besmears her face with paint and powder, hoping to cover up what she may think to be unseemly, she might as well carry a placard bearing this inscription: To whom it may concern: This is to certify that I am homely, and am trying to cover up the fact by the use of paint and powder, thus hoping to deceive the public.

The assistant, having prepared the forehearth, returns to the furnace and besmears both sides as well as the top of the mouth with simple lute.