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Definition daub

Etymology

From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealb?re (“to whiten thoroughly”).

Noun

daub (countable and uncountable, plural daubs)

1. Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction (compare wattle and daub).
2. A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
3. A crude or amateurish painting.

Verb

daub (third-person singular simple present daubs, present participle daubing, simple past and past participle daubed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
2. (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter excessively or grossly.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

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