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smalm

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smalm (third-person singular simple present smalms, present participle smalming, simple past and past participle smalmed)

  1. (transitive) To smear or daub.
    • 1890, Augustus Jessopp, The Trials of a Country Parson, page 160:
      [] turning them into blotchy caricatures, or into lying mummies smalmed over with tawdry pigments, []
    • August 1907, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Pro”, in Novel Magazine:
      Mr. Fendall thoughtfully smalmed a section of his bacon with mustard.