5
blacktop(noun, street, roadway)
5
dab(verb, cover, spread, stain, covering)
5
defile(verb, dull, cover, hurt, spread)
5
gum(noun, substance, paste, plaster, adhesive)
5
smear(verb, dull, cover, hurt, criticize)
5
soil(verb, dull, cover, hurt, harm)
5
stain(verb, dull, cover, hurt, harm)
5
swabbie(noun, pilot, salt, marine, jack)
5
taint(verb, dull, cover, hurt, ruin)
5
tarnish(verb, dull, cover, hurt, spread)
4
bedaub(verb, cover, spread, stain, covering)
4
blacken(verb, dull, hurt, harm, spoil)
4
boatswain(noun, mariner, sailor)
4
cement(noun, material, pitch, glue, filling)
4
charcoal(fuel, calefaction)
4
coat(verb, cover, spread, foul, stain)
4
rosin(noun, resin, secretion, chrome, saffron)
4
shipman
4
steersman(noun, mariner, sailor)
4
sully(verb, dull, cover, hurt, spread)
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