daub

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 ]

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 ]