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Bespatter

To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.

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Blob 76% connected

Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blot 76% connected

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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Fleck 76% connected

A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spatter 74% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spatter 74% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spatter 92% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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