Meanings
verbsmalm (third-person singular simple present smalms, present participle smalming, simple past and past participle smalmed)
present singular third person smalms · participle present smalming · participle past smalmed · past smalmed
- transitiveTo smear or daub.
Mr. Fendall thoughtfully smalmed a section of his bacon with mustard.
August 1907, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Pro”, in Novel Magazine1 more example
[…] turning them into blotchy caricatures, or into lying mummies smalmed over with tawdry pigments, […]
1890, Augustus Jessopp, The Trials of a Country Parson, page 160
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