asmear
adjUS /əˈsmɪɹ/ · UK /əˈsmɪə/
Etymology From a- + smear.
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Smeared over.
- So, I came into Smithfield; and the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 6:
- The young Isaac, my grandchild, played in the center of the floor, his face asmear, clothing torn and foul.1980, Al Hine, Brother Owl, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Part 5, pp. 283-284:
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- A woman asmear with blood stood up, fell softly down, stood slowly up again, wavering like a little flag.1995, William Gass, The Tunnel, New York: Knopf, page 232: