Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BESMOTTER, v. “To smear or daub with mud, etc.; to bespatter, foul” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.). Now obs. in St.Eng.
[Occurs in Older Sc. 16th cent., prob. borrowed from Chaucer. See Smotter, besmear.]
