bescumber

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English

Etymology

From be- +‎ scumber.

Verb

bescumber (third-person singular simple present bescumbers, present participle bescumbering, simple past and past participle bescumbered)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To sully with mud or dung.
    • 1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News:
      Where did you lift your leg up last? 'Gainst what? ... Did Block bescumber Statutes white Suit, wi' the Parchment Lace there? And Broker's satin doublet? All will out.

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