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‖n. [ F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere. ] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

Droit d'aubaine the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ale. ] An alb. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An inn. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Alburn. ] 1. Flaxen-colored. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reddish brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bawbee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. baubel a child's plaything, F. babiole, It. babbola, LL. baubellum gem, jewel, L. babulus, a baburrus, foolish. ] 1. A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fool's club. [ Obs. ] “A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it.” Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Bawbling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedaubed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedaubing. ] To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ D. blauwbok. ] (Zool.) The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖Chateau en Espagne ety>[ F. ], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all,
I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him be daubed with lace. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. smeared thickly; as, mud-daubed walls.
Syn. -- beplastered, besmeared. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the type genus, coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae.
Syn. -- genus Daubentonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.
Syn. -- family Daubentoniidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A low and gross flatterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Daubrée, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. “Dauby wax.” [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Glauber, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. glaubérite, G. glauberit. ] (Min.) A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

it>or /mhw>. [ G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite. ] Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called “salts.” [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the “soda process, ” and also for use in glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Habergeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. hauberc, halberc, F. haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals neck + bergan to protect, G. bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel. hālsbjörg. See Collar, and Bury, v. t. ] A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [ Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wasp of the family Sphegidae (Sphecidae) which builds a nest of mud and stores insects and spiders in it; a digger-wasp. [ PJC ]