daub
noun/dɔːb/
/dɔːb/
- [uncountable] a mixture of clay, etc. that was used in the past for making walls
- walls made of wattle and daub
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- [countable] a small amount of a substance such as paint that has been spread carelessly
- a daub of lipstick
- [countable] a badly painted picture
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’.
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