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daub
noun
1 daub
Material used to daub walls.
Roget 555:
misrepresentation,
distortion,
caricatura†,
exaggeration;
daubing
etc.
v.;
bad likeness,
daub,
sign painting;
scratch,
caricature;
anamorphosis†;
burlesque,
falsification,
misstatement;
parody,
lampoon,
take-off,
travesty.
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2 daub
3 daub
verb
1 daub
2 daub
3 daub
Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it:
— Daub the ceiling with plaster.
synonym: smear.
Roget 653:
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj.;
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek;
stink
etc.
401;
mold,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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Dutch: lasteren, uitsmeren
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