Part 2765

<blockquote>If a picture is <b>daubed</b> with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A lame, imperfect piece, rudely <b>daubed</b> over. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.</def>

<blockquote>So smooth he <b>daubed</b> his vice with show of virtue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To flatter excessively or glossy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I can safely say, however, that, without any <b>daubing</b> at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Let him be <b>daubed</b> with lace. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daub</h1> <Xpage=370>

<hw>Daub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To smear; to play the flatterer.</def>

<blockquote>His conscience . . . will not <b>daub</b> nor flatter. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daub</h1> <Xpage=370>

<hw>Daub</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A picture coarsely executed.</def>

<blockquote>Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy <b>daub</b>, my lord. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dauber</h1> <Xpage=370>

<hw>Daub"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Copperplate Print.)</fld> <def>A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A low and gross flattere.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The mud wasp; the mud dauber.</def>

<h1>Daubery, &or; Daubry</h1> <Xpage=370>

<hw><hw>Daub"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Daub"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.</def>

<blockquote>She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such <b>daubery</b> as this is. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daubing</h1> <Xpage=370>

<hw>Daub"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also <altname>dubbing</altname>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>