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Definition of 'daub'Noun
Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction .
A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
A crude or amateurish painting.
Related terms
* (dab) dab, pat, splat
Verb
( en-verb)
To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.
To apply something to (a surface) in hasty or crude strokes.
* Bible, Exodus ii. 3
- She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch.
To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
* I. Watts
- If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent piece.
* Dryden
- a lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
* Shakespeare
- So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
To flatter excessively or glossy.
* Smollett
- I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant.
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
* Dryden
- Let him be daubed with lace.
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