Daubentoniidæ (da" bent on i ide)

pl. [NL., Daub ent on i a + -ida.] A family of prosimians, typified by the genus Daub ent on i a: generally called Chiromyida (which see). Daubentonioidea (dâ-ben-tō-ni-oi'dē-ä), n. pl. [NL., One who or that which daubs. Specifically - (a) One who builds walls with clay or mud mixed with straw. I ani a younger brother,... of mean parentage, a durt dauber's sonne; am I therefore to be blamed? Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 320. (b) A coarse, ignorant painter. But how should any sign-post dauber know The worth of Titian or of Angelo? Dryden, Epistle iv., To Mr. Lee. (c) A low and gro flatterer. (d) A copperplate-printers' pad, consisting of rags firmly tied together and covered over with a piece of canvas, for inking plates. (e) A mudwasp: from the way in which it daubs mud in building its nest. (f) The brush used to spread blacking upon shoes, as distinguished from the polisher, or brush used for polishing; they are sometimes combined in one. [Also formerly daubry ,