Daub


verb (used with object)
1.
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud:
to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
2.
to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something:
to daub plaster on a brick wall.
3.
to smear, soil, or defile.
4.
to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.
verb (used without object)
5.
to daub something.
6.
to paint unskillfully.
noun
7.
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
8.
something daubed on.
9.
an act of daubing.
10.
a crude, inartistic painting.
verb
1.
(transitive) to smear or spread (paint, mud, etc), esp carelessly
2.
(transitive) to cover or coat (with paint, plaster, etc) carelessly
3.
to paint (a picture) clumsily or badly
noun
4.
an unskilful or crude painting
5.
something daubed on, esp as a wall covering See also wattle and daub
6.
a smear (of paint, mud, etc)
7.
the act of daubing

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