daub

[Daub]

Whenever you smear something on a surface, you are daubing. Abstract Expressionists may have been able to daub a canvas with paint and sell it for millions, but you probably wouldn’t be so lucky.

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To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

Noun
an unskillful painting

Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Noun
material used to daub walls

Verb
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

Verb
apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"

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Verb
coat with plaster; "daub the wall"

v. t.
To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

v. t.
To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.

v. t.
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

v. t.
To flatter excessively or glossy.

v. t.
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

v. i.
To smear; to play the flatterer.

n.
A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.

n.
A picture coarsely executed.

Daub

Daub , 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.

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

Daub , v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer.

His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter.

Daub

Daub, n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear. 2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.

Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord.

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

To smear; to play the flatterer.

A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.

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