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Daub

Daub (daub)
v. t.(d***add]b)
Daub
[imp. *** p. p. Daubed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Daubing.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster] de- + albare to wh
  1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.] to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

    She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3.

  2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.

    If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts.

    A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.

  3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

    So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.

  4. To flatter excessively or glossy.
    [R.]

    I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all,
    I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.     Smollett.

  5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
    [R.]

    Let him be daubed with lace. Dryden.

Daub

Daub (daub)
v. i.(?)
Daub
  1. To smear; to play the flatterer.

    His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South.

Daub

Daub (daub)
n.
Daub
  1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.
  2. A picture coarsely executed.

    Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.













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