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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.

{ 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 ]

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 ]