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daub definition

daub (dôb, däb)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to cover or smear with sticky, soft matter, such as plaster or grease
  2. to smear (plaster, grease, etc.) on
  3. to paint coarsely or unskillfully

Etymology: ME dauben < OFr dauber, to whiten, whitewash < L dealbare, to whiten, whitewash < de-, intens. + albus, white: see album

noun

  1. anything daubed on
  2. a daubing stroke or splash
  3. a poorly painted picture

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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