v. [f. BE- 1 + DABBLE.] trans. To wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty Hence Bedabbled ppl. a.
1590. Shaks., Mids. N., III. ii. 443. Bedabbled with the dew, and torne with briars, I can no further crawle.
1644. Vind. Featley, Pref. 1. Pens bedabbled in the Gall of bitternesse.
1811. Scott, Don Roderick, xxxi. Idols of gold … Bedabbled all with blood.
1862. Luck Ladysmede, II. 78. Whose stained and bedabbled head and face made him appear more of a sufferer than he really was.
