6 April 2018

daub

[dawb]

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud:
to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something:
to daub plaster on a brick wall.
3. to smear, soil, or defile.
4. to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.
verb (used without object)
5. to daub something.
6. to paint unskillfully.
noun
7. material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
8. something daubed on.
9. an act of daubing.
10. a crude, inartistic painting

Origin of daub

Middle English Old French Latin

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English dauben < Anglo-French, Old French dauber to whiten, paint < Latin dealbāre, equivalent to de-, prevocalic variant of dē- de- + albāre to whiten, derivative of albus white; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.

Related forms

dauber, noun
daubingly, adverb
dauby, adjective
undaubed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for daub

Contemporary Examples

That she is, but daub took the phone call to Hill at face value.
Why Clarence’s Wife Called Anita
Jacob Bernstein
October 21, 2010

After law school, she joined daub full-time, working as his legislative assistant on issues like health care and Social Security.
Why Clarence’s Wife Called Anita
Jacob Bernstein
October 21, 2010

Historical Examples

He supposed he must think up something to daub on there—the poorer the better.
Chip, of the Flying U
B. M. Bower

Anagram

A bud
Baud
A dub

Today’s quote

Whatever you do, don’t get stuck on the one thing that ruins your day. Smile and be grateful. Life is too short to waste on negativity.

– Unknown

On this day

6 April 1895 – The Australian ballad, ‘Waltzing Matilda‘ is performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton (central-west Queensland). This is believed to be the first time the song was performed in public.

6 April 1896 – The Olympic Games recommences in Athens 1,501 years after being banned by Emperor Theodosius I in 393AD.

6 April 1909 – Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole. Their claim is in dispute because of navigation techniques and lack of independent verification.

6 April 2006 – the National Geographic Society reveals the discovery of a papyrus codex in a cave near El Minya, Egypt, which it claims is the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The codex is yet to be verified as written by Judas.