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Daub
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction. countable, uncountable
- 2 an unskillful painting wordnet
- 3 A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc. countable, uncountable
- 4 a blemish made by dirt wordnet
- 5 A crude or amateurish painting. countable, uncountable
"Ah, but what if he penned what in the art schools they call an 'artist's statement' wherein he explained the relation of his gibberish or his daubs to the mainstream of art or writing?"
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- 6 material used to daub walls wordnet
- 1 To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes. intransitive, transitive
"The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting."
- 2 cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it wordnet
- 3 To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner. transitive
"[…] a lame, imperfect Piece, rudely daub’d over with too little Reflection and too much haste."
- 4 apply to a surface wordnet
- 5 To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. obsolete, transitive
"So smooth he daub’d his vice with show of virtue,"
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- 6 coat with plaster wordnet
- 7 To flatter excessively or grossly. obsolete, transitive
"I can safely say, however, that without any daubing at all, I am, very sincerely, Your very affectionate, humble servant,"
- 8 To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. obsolete, transitive
"1697, John Dryden, “On the Three Dukes killing the Beadle on Sunday Morning, Febr. the 26th, 1670/1” in John Denham et al., Poems on affairs of state from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of K. James the Second, London, p. 148, Yet shall Whitehall the Innocent, the Good, See these men dance all daub’d with Lace and Blood."
- 9 To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”).
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”).
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Taube, occupational surname from the noun meaning "pigeon, dove." * As a south German surname, from the adjective taub (“deaf”).
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