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Webster 1913 Edition


Daub

Daub

(da̤b)
,
Verb.
T.
[
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 whiten, fr.
albus
white, perh. also confused with W.
dwb
plaster,
dwbio
to plaster, Ir. & OGael.
dob
plaster. See
Alb
, and cf.
Dealbate
.]
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
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Daub

DAUB

, v.t.

Definition 2024


daub

daub

English

Noun

daub (countable and uncountable, plural daubs)

  1. Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction (compare wattle and daub).
  2. A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
  3. A crude or amateurish painting.

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Verb

daub (third-person singular simple present daubs, present participle daubing, simple past and past participle daubed)

  1. (transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
    The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.
  2. (transitive) To apply something to (a surface) in hasty or crude strokes.
    • Bible, Exodus ii. 3
      She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch.
  3. (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
    • I. Watts
      If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent piece.
    • Dryden
      a lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over
  4. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
    • Shakespeare
      So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
  5. To flatter excessively or grossly.
    • Smollett
      I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.
  6. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
    • Dryden
      Let him be daubed with lace.

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