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besmears
[Meaning he/she/it] wipes on, scrapes on. But 'to smear' is to scrape off dirt. Some [say that it used] metaphorically from the [verb] to smear, that is to rub on, since smearing is an energetic sort of rubbing. And…
Ἐπισμῇ· ἐπιχρίει, ἐπιξύει. σμῆξαι δέ ἐστι τὸ τὸν ῥύπον ἀποξύσαι. οἱ δὲ μεταφορικῶς ἀπὸ τοῦ σμήχειν, οἷον ἐπιτρίβειν, σφοδρὰν γάρ τινα τρίψιν καὶ τὴν σμῆξιν εἶναι. τάχα δὲ καὶ τὴν…