daub
21daub — dauber, n. daubingly, adv. dauby, adj. /dawb/, v.t. 1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. 2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub… …
22daub — daub1 [do:b US do:b] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: dauber, from Latin dealbare to make white, whitewash ] to put paint or a soft substance on something without being very careful ▪ soldiers faces daubed with black mud daub 2 daub2 …
23daub — daub1 [ dɔb ] verb transitive to spread a wet substance such as paint on a surface in a careless way daub daub 2 [ dɔb ] noun 1. ) count a small amount of a wet substance spread on a surface in a careless way: daub of: a daub of blue paint 2. )… …
24daub — [[t]dɔb[/t]] v. t. 1) to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster, paint, or mud 2) to smear, soil, or defile 3) to apply unskillfully, as paint or colors 4) to daub something 5) to paint unskillfully 6) bui material for daubing walls …
25daub — Pala, hāpala, kāpala, poni. See bedaubed, dab. ♦ Daub of food, pala ai. ♦ Daub of turmeric or ochre with salt water, īhe ekai (used by priests). ♦ To daub designs, kāpala ki i …
26daub — [14] The ultimate source of daub, Latin dēalbāre, meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album. It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as… …
27daub — 1 verb (T) to paint or cover something with a soft substance, without being very careful: faces daubed with black mud 2 noun 1 (U) technical mud or clay used for making walls see also: wattle and daub wattle (2) 2 a small amount of a soft or… …
28Daub — A mud or clay mixture applied over wattle to strengthen and seal it. See also Wattle and Daub. Related terms: Wattle and Daub, Wattle …
29daub — [14] The ultimate source of daub, Latin dēalbāre, meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album. It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as… …
30daub — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French dauber Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter ; plaster 2. to coat with a dirty substance 3. a. to apply coloring material crudely to b …
