daub /ˈdɔb, ˈdɑb/
(vt.)(vi.)塗抹,畫拙劣的畫,弄髒被塗抹的東西,劣畫,畫法或手法笨拙的畫
Daub v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daubed p. pr. & vb. n. Daubing.]
1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3.
2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. --I. Watts.
A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden.
3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak.
4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]
I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all,
I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. --Smollett.
5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden.
Daub v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. --South.
Daub, n.
1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.
2. Paint. A picture coarsely executed.
Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. --Sterne.
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daub
n 1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, smear, smirch, slur]
3: an unskillful painting
v 1: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster]
2: apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear
the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
[syn: smear]