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Definition of Daubing

1. Noun. The application of plaster.

Definition of Daubing

1. n. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.

Definition of Daubing

1. Verb. (present participle of daub) ¹

2. Noun. Something daubed, such as graffiti. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daubing

1. daub [v] - See also: daub

Medical Definition of Daubing

1. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. 3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; called also dubbing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daubing

Literary usage of Daubing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"After rubbing the joints, the dust created should be brushed off, for if left on it prevents the paste from sticking to the surfaces. daubing JOINTS. 2O. ..."

2. The Cupola Furnace: A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management by Edward Kirk (1903)
"daubing should never be put on a lining more than i inch thick, except to fill up small holes, and even then small pieces of fire brick should be pressed ..."

3. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"daubing with Chalk and Rouge.—A Lover's Disappointment.—How the Artist Rothermel Changed Me from a Young Woman into an Old One in Five Minutes. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"... sf an anointing, a daubing. Untar, va to anoint, to daub, to grease. Untar as maos a alguem, to grease one in the ü -t, to bribe him. U'nto de parco, ..."

5. Journal of a Tour Into the Interior of Missouri and Arkansaw: From Potosi by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1821)
"... Employed in hewing out a table, daubing and chinking the house, Stc. We this day left Fisher's, and removed to Holt's, a distance of half-a-mile, ..."

6. An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human by Samuel Stanhope Smith (1810)
"... is injured by daubing the vilest compositions. Yet, efforts, the climate, although it is declined from the torrid zone, Their hair is thicker and longer ..."

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