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Daub

Daub Meaning & Definition
Daub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Daub?

[n] an unskillful painting
[n] a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
[n] material used to daub walls
[v] cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
[v] apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
[v] coat with plaster; "daub the wall"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Daub: blot | slur | smear | smear | smirch | smudge | spot

Related Terms | Find terms related to Daub: abstract | abstraction | altarpiece | anamorphosis | anoint | apply paint | attaint | bad likeness | bedaub | bedizen | beeswax | begild | besmear | besmirch | besmoke | besmutch | besoil | bestain | black | blacken | block print | bloodstain | blot | blotch | blur | botch | brand | brush on paint | burlesque | butter | calcimine | caricature | cartoon | chalk | charcoal | coat | collage | color | color print | complexion | copy | cover | crayon | crosshatch | cyclorama | dab | dapple | darken | dash off | deep-dye | delineate | depict | design | diagram | dip | diptych | dirty | discolor | distemper | distortion | doodle | double-dye | draft | draw | dress | dye | emblazon | embrocate | enamel | engild | engraving | eyesore | face | fast-dye | fleck | flick | flyspeck | fresco | gild | glaze | gloss | glycerolate | grain | grease | grease the wheels | hatch | hue | icon | illuminate | illumination | illustration | image | imbue | ingrain | japan | lacquer | lard | lay on | lay on color | likeness | limn | lubricate | macula | maculation | macule | mark | miniature | misdraw | mispaint | montage | mosaic | mural | oil | paint | paint a picture | panorama | parget | parody | patch | pencil | photograph | picture | picturize | pigment | plaster | pomade | portray | prime | print | representation | reproduction | salve | scorch | scratch | scribble | scumble | sear | shade | shadow | shellac | singe | sketch | slap on | slather | slick | slick on | slop on paint | slubber | slur | smarm | smear | smear on | smirch | smoke | smooth the way | smouch | smudge | smut | smutch | soap the ways | soil | spatter | speck | speckle | splash | splatter | splotch | spot | spread on | spread with | stain | stained glass window | stencil | stigma | stigmatize | still life | stipple | sully | tableau | taint | tapestry | tar | tarnish | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | tone | trace | travesty | triptych | undercoat | unguent | variegate | varnish | wall painting | wash | wax | whitewash

See Also | apply | blemish | blood | blotch | clay | coat | cover | defect | fingermark | fingerprint | inkblot | mortar | mud | painting | parget | picture | put on | roughcast | splodge | splotch | surface

Daub In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.] 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. --Ex. ii. 3. 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. --I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden. 3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak. 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. --Smollett. 5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.] Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden.
\Daub\, v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer. His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. --South.
\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. --Sterne.

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