Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To discharge ordure upon; befoul; besmear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To discharge ordure or dung upon.

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  • verb obsolete To discharge ordure or dung upon.

Etymologies

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be- +‎ scumber

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  • to splatter with feces; to spray with ordure.

    January 4, 2008

  • See also scumber, a very specific kind of excrement. Interestingly, the OED says scumber is also a verb, meaning "Of a dog or fox: To evacuate the fæces. Also jocularly of a person."

    Well... not jocularly of this person, let me tell you.

    May 6, 2008

  • You are not a person. You are a bear.

    Are you the jocular kind of bear?

    May 6, 2008

  • *bescumbers bilby*

    May 6, 2008