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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parget  \Par"get\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pargeted};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Pargeting}.]  [OE.  pargeten,  also  spargeten  sparchen  of 
  uncertain  origin.] 
  1.  To  coat  with  parget;  to  plaster,  as  walls,  or  the  interior 
  of  flues;  as  to  parget  the  outside  of  their  houses.  --Sir 
  T.  Herbert. 
 
  The  pargeted  ceiling  with  pendants.  --R.  L. 
  Stevenson. 
 
  2.  To  paint;  to  cover  over  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pargeting  \Par"get*ing\,  n.  [Written  also  pargetting.] 
  Plasterwork;  esp.: 
  a  A  kind  of  decorative  plasterwork  in  raised  ornamental 
  figures,  formerly  used  for  the  internal  and  external 
  decoration  of  houses. 
  b  In  modern  architecture,  the  plastering  of  the  inside  of 
  flues,  intended  to  give  a  smooth  surface  and  help  the 
  draught. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pargeting 
  n  :  used  to  coat  outer  walls  and  line  chimneys  [syn:  {parget}]




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