Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something which is applied by daubing, especially plaster or mortar; specifically, in recent use, a rough coat of mortar applied to a wall to give it the appearance of stone. See
chinking - noun The process of forming walls by means of hardened earth: extensively employed in the sixteenth century.
- noun A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather and render it more or less water-proof.
- noun Coarse, inartistic painting.
- noun Gross flattery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
- noun A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
- noun In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also
dubbing .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
daub . - noun Something daubed, such as
graffiti . - noun A
rough coat ofmortar put upon awall to give it the appearance ofstone ;roughcast . - noun In
currying horses , a mixture offish oil andtallow worked intoleather ;dubbing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the application of plaster
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Examples
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The cracks in the walls are snugly filled with "daubing" and then the walls are covered with heavy gray building-paper, which makes the room very warm, and I really like the appearance.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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But besides the hypocrisy of merely outwardly "daubing" to make the wall look fair (Mt 23: 27, 29; Ac 23: 3), there is implied the unsoundness of the wall from the absence of true uniting cement; the "untempered cement" answering to the lie of the prophets, who say, in support of their prophecies, "Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord hath not spoken"
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Next, a pit is dug deep enough to reach the clay; water is poured in and the clay well mixed, and the whole mess takes in hand the "daubing" of the "chinks."
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 Carlton McCarthy 1872
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The cracks in the walls are snugly filled with "daubing" and then the walls are covered with heavy gray building-paper, which makes the room very warm, and I really like the appearance.
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The actions of wanton vandalism, such as daubing paint on the statue of the defender of freedom, Winston Churchill were bad enough.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The actions of wanton vandalism, such as daubing paint on the statue of the defender of freedom, Winston Churchill were bad enough.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Apparently, it wasn't the first time the objects had endured something like this: there was a previous daubing event, hundreds of years ago, which went down considerably better.
Vandalising an old master is bad, but not quite as evil as queue-jumping | David Mitchell 2011
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Don't you realise that Steve Martin is JUST NOT FUNNY ANYMORE?! while burning effigies of Mr Loach, and boycotting his films, and daubing obscenities on his house, and beating up his children, can he blame them?
Editorial: Why Ken Loach should apologise for High School Musical 3 2009
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The hankie arrived, gently daubing at the corner of my eye, at the precise moment the first tear fell.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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The person whom they seek to blacken, by dint of repeated strokes of their brush, becomes a demon in their own eyes, though he might be pure and bright as an angel but for the daubing of those wizard painters.
Chris Weigant: America's First Political Sex Scandal: The Reynolds/Hamilton Affair Chris Weigant 2011
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