Daub

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Daub
Author: Noah Webster

DAUB, v.t.

1. To smear with soft adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance.

She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Exo 13.

2. To paint coarsely.

If a picture is daubed with many bright colors, the vulgar admire it. Watts.

3. To cover with something gross or specious; to disguise with an artificial covering.

So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.

4. To lay or put on without taste; to deck awkwardly or ostentatiously, or to load with affected finery.

Let him be daubed with lace- Dryden.

5. To flatter grossly.

Conscience will not daub nor flatter. South.

DAUB, v.i. To practice gross flattery; to play the hypocrite.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Daub," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed September 14, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D3SUBRX6LYQZMVD.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Daub." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 14 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D3SUBRX6LYQZMVD.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Daub' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 14 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D3SUBRX6LYQZMVD.