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DAUBING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daubing mean?
• DAUBING (noun)
The noun DAUBING has 1 sense:
1. the application of plaster
Familiarity information: DAUBING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The application of plaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
daubing; plastering
Hypernyms ("daubing" is a kind of...):
application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "daubing"):
pargeting; pargetting (ornamental plastering)
Derivation:
daub (coat with plaster)
Context examples
On the other hand, he has endeavoured to conceal some of these stains upon the felt by daubing them with ink, which is a sign that he has not entirely lost his self-respect.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When the frog was got in, it hopped at once half the length of the boat, and then over my head, backward and forward, daubing my face and clothes with its odious slime.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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