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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), v. 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. --Shak. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: daubed adj : smeared thickly; often useed in combination; "cheeks beplastered with cosmetics"; "paint-besmeared savage bodies"; "mud-daubed walls" [syn: {beplastered}, {besmeared}]
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