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Daubing   Listen
noun
Daubing  n.  
1.
The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
2.
A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
3.
In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; called also dubbing.


verb
Daub  v. t.  (past & past part. daubed; pres. part. 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."
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." "A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over."
3.
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. "So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue."
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."
5.
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. (R.) "Let him be daubed with lace."


Daub  v. i.  To smear; to play the flatterer. "His conscience... will not daub nor flatter."





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"Daubing" Quotes from Famous Books



... sometimes the chief pleasure one gets out of knowing them is the mere sense of knowing. I enjoy the art of all sorts here immensely; but I suppose if I could pick my enjoyment to pieces I should find it made up of many different threads. There is something in daubing a little one's self, and having ...
— Middlemarch • George Eliot
... marvellously untidy servant girl who had apparently been interrupted in the act of black-leading her face. Partly opening the door, she stared at us agape, pushing back wisps of hair from her eyes and with every movement daubing more of some mysterious black ...
— Tales of Chinatown • Sax Rohmer
... wild waters! 'Tis a spot To moralize on life, and strip the world Of all its gaudy trappings and false gloss, That like the daubing on a wanton's cheek, Crimsons the paleness of disease and shame, And with life's semblance ...
— Eidolon - The Course of a Soul and Other Poems • Walter R. Cassels
... elastic and has not troubled to replace it, it is obvious that he has less foresight now than formerly, which is a distinct proof of a weakening nature. On the other hand, he has endeavoured to conceal some of these stains upon the felt by daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not entirely ...
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... man's institutions. Let us take pottery. Palaeolithic man cooked his joint of horse or reindeer, and, no doubt, scorched it. Suppose that some Palaeolithic Soyer had conceived the idea of protecting the joint, and preserving its juices, by daubing it with a coat of clay. He would accidentally make a clay vessel. This is Mr. Clodd's ingenious theory of the origin of pottery. The development of agriculture is not very puzzling. The seed of corn would easily be discovered to have a food-value, ...
— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe


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