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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



... Ferdinand, holding his cigar at arm's-length and flicking at the ash with his little finger, "daubing again." ...
— Aunt Rachel • David Christie Murray
... fairly under way until nearly midnight. The refrain, y[n]w[)e]h[)i], is probably sung while mixing the paint, and the other portion is recited while applying the pigment, or vice versa. Although these formula are still in use, the painting is now obsolete, beyond an occasional daubing of the face, without any plan or pattern, on the occasion of a ...
— Seventh Annual Report • Various
... Gouache, daubing in his new idea with an enormous brush. "Fashions change. Woman endures. Beauty is eternal. There is nothing which may not be made ...
— Don Orsino • F. Marion Crawford
... Barbara," I said, "get to your paint daubing. I'll forgive you everything for deducing—well, discovering, if you like that better—about these bolts ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan
... to write anything, they uniformly dipped their pens into the machine containing sand, and having scrawled over a page as they thought, desiring them to dry it with sand, would spill half a gallon of ink upon the paper, and thereby daubing their fingers, would transfer the ink to their face whenever thy leaned their cheek upon their hand for greater gravity. As to the matrons, to prevent an eternal prattle that would drown all manner of intelligibility, I found it absolutely necessary to sew up their mouths; so that between the ...
— The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen • Rudolph Erich Raspe


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