7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
verb spread or daub (a surface)
originFrom Middle English *bismerwen, from Old English besmirwan, besmierwan (“to besmear”), equivalent to be- + smear. Cognate with Dutch besmeren (“to besmear”), German beschmieren (“to besmear”).
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