vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of covering with spots of mud, or the like, thrown at an object; or fig. with abuse.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm., Wks. 1716, I. 169. The bespattering our neighbours good name.
1862. Sat. Rev., 5 July, 4. Pitching the filthiest mud that he could find … and naturally receiving a liberal bespattering in return.
