oblinio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ob-lĭnĭo, ii, itum, 4, v. a. (post-Aug. collat. form of oblino, q. v.),

I to bedaub, besmear : talearum capita misto fimo cum cinere oblinire, Col. 5, 9, 3; so fin. ; id. 12, 2, 42; 12, 15, 2; 12, 44, 6: si quis aliquem caeno, luto oblinierit, Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 1: so, oblinierit, Scrib. Comp. 230: cinis oblinita, id. ib. 244. —

II Transf., to blot out : veritatem, Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 3, 10, 60.