daub

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A crude or amateurish painting
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.

A soft coating of mud, plaster etc
{v} to smear, trim gaudily, flatter, bribe
{f} cover with plaster or mud; soil, dirty; paint in an unskillful manner
A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear
Torchis A mud or clay mixture applied over wattle to strengthen and seal it See also wattle and daub
To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner
Material made of mud, horsehair, clay, and animal dung mixed together It was applied to houses, covering the wattle
To smear; to play the flatterer
{i} material which is spread on walls; act of daubing; painting which was poorly done
material used to daub walls
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
A mud of clay mixture applied over wattle to strengthen and seal it
To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal
To put on without taste; to deck gaudily
A picture coarsely executed
an unskillful painting
When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way. The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy They sent death threats and daubed his home with slogans. to put paint or a soft substance on something without being very careful (dauber, from dealbare )
apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
To flatter excessively or glossy
apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall
To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc
Clay used to fill in the holes and gaps between the wood or thatching of a wall It was used by both Indians and European settlers in North America to construct houses
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
an unskillful painting material used to daub walls cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear
daubing
Present participle of daub
daubing
Something daubed, such as graffiti
wattle and daub
A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall
wattle-and-daub
Alternative spelling of wattle and daub
daubed
smeared thickly; often useed in combination; "cheeks beplastered with cosmetics"; "paint-besmeared savage bodies"; "mud-daubed walls"
daubing
In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; called also dubbing
daubing
the application of plaster
daubing
A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast
daubing
The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed
daubs
plural of daub
wattle and daub
building material that consists of wattle covered with mud or clay (sometimes contains lime, dung, straw)
wattle and daub
building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay
wattle and daub
A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an infill between members of a timber-framed wall
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