daubing (dabing)

[Verbal n. of daub, v.] 1. Something which is applied by daubing, especially plaster or mortar; specifically, in recent use, a rough coat of mortar applied to a wall to give it the appearance of stone. See chinking, 1. Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? Ezek. xiii. 12. 2. The proce of forming walls by means of hardened earth: extensively employed in the sixteenth century.-3. A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather and render it more or le water-proof.-4. Coarse, inartistic painting. She is still most splendidly, gallantly ugly, and looks like an ill Piece of Daubing in a rich Frame. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, ii. 1. 5. Gro flattery. Bp. Burnet. My Lord, if you examine it over again, it is far from being a gro piece of daubing, as some dedications are. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 9. IMG:content-2075.png:[ocr errors][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small] An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, Was dealt about in hunches An' dawds that day. Burns , Holy Fair. daugh1 (dâch), n. [Sc., = E. dough , q. v.] In coal-mining, under-clay, or the soft material which is removed in holing. dauntle ne