Crossword clues for daubing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daubing \Daub"ing\, n.
The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.
--Knight.
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.]
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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. -
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. -
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
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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.
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To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
Let him be daubed with lace.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Something daubed, such as graffiti. 2 A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; roughcast. 3 In currying horses, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; dubbing. vb. (present participle of daub English)
WordNet
n. the application of plaster [syn: plastering]
Usage examples of "daubing".
A starving man, however, little heeds conventional proprieties, especially on a South-Sea Island, and accordingly Toby and I partook of the dish after our own clumsy fashion, beplastering our faces all over with the glutinous compound, and daubing our hands nearly to the wrist.
When Tahiri came to, Nen Yim was daubing her forehead with some sort of damp tissue.
It is electrophysiology and electrotherapy that will save mankind, not your clever know-it-alls who spend their time playing the great politician or, even more funny, daubing pictures.
A starving man, however, little heeds conventional proprieties, especially on a South-Sea Island, and accordingly Toby and I partook of the dish after our own clumsy fashion, beplastering our faces all over with the glutinous compound, and daubing our hands nearly to the wrist.
The good citizens of Paris immediately began daubing walls with caricatures of Louis Napoléon seated trouserless on a chamber pot.
In pastel daubings the new prosperity lay to east and west but this place was kept poor by wind.
Exposed walls filled up with daubings, drawings, names written by one hand and crossed off by another in wishful obituary.
Naked from throat to navel, their dark brown bodies painted with white lines ("like asphalt tennis courts," Lenina was later to explain), their faces inhuman with daubings of scarlet, black and ochre, two Indians came running along the path.
He is bandaging wounds, daubing them liberally with Mercurochrome, which makes them look bloodier than ever, but at least disinfects them.
I will never, as long as I live, she promised herself faithfully, daubing ointment on the worst of the scrapes, wear shorts and a camp shirt to another war.
The ruts of the road had bestowed on the wheels, the fellies, the hub, the axle, and the shaft, a layer of mud, a hideous yellowish daubing hue, tolerably like that with which people are fond of ornamenting cathedrals.