Dauby
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
"dauby wax"
Example
More examples"... day of dauby rain clouds. He looked over the plains that ran down from the hill. He looked at it all as if he had never seen it before and some strange meaning exuded from the grass, and from the bushes, from the trees, and from the black clay,[…]"
Etymology
From daub + -y.
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