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Daub
Daub
(da̤b)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Daubed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Daubing
.] 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. Shakespeare
4.
To flatter excessively or glossy.
[R.]
I can safely say, however, that, without any
I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.
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
(da̤b)
, Verb.
I.
To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not
daub
nor flatter. South.
Daub
,Noun.
1.
A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.
2.
(Paint.)
A picture coarsely executed.
Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . ’T is a melancholy
daub
, my lord. Sterne.