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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Daubed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daubing}.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See {Alb}, and cf. {Dealbate}.]
1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3.
2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. --I. Watts.
A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden.
3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak.
4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]
I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. --Smollett.
5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), verb (used without an object) To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daub \Daub\, noun
1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.
2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.
Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. --Sterne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
daub
noun
1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: {smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}]
3: an unskillful painting
verb
1: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: {plaster}]
2: apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [syn: {smear}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
199 Moby Thesaurus words for "daub": abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, anamorphosis, anoint, apply paint, attaint, bad likeness, bedaub, bedizen, beeswax, begild, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bestain, black, blacken, block print, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, botch, brand, brush on paint, burlesque, butter, calcimine, caricature, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, coat, collage, color, color print, complexion, copy, cover, crayon, crosshatch, cyclorama, dab, dapple, darken, dash off, deep-dye, delineate, depict, design, diagram, dip, diptych, dirty, discolor, distemper, distortion, doodle, double-dye, draft, draw, dress, dye, emblazon, embrocate, enamel, engild, engraving, eyesore, face, fast-dye, fleck, flick, flyspeck, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, glycerolate, grain, grease, grease the wheels, hatch, hue, icon, illuminate, illumination, illustration, image, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lard, lay on, lay on color, likeness, limn, lubricate, macula, maculation, macule, mark, miniature, misdraw, mispaint, montage, mosaic, mural, oil, paint, paint a picture, panorama, parget, parody, patch, pencil, photograph, picture, picturize, pigment, plaster, pomade, portray, prime, print, representation, reproduction, salve, scorch, scratch, scribble, scumble, sear, shade, shadow, shellac, singe, sketch, slap on, slather, slick, slick on, slop on paint, slubber, slur, smarm, smear, smear on, smirch, smoke, smooth the way, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soap the ways, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, spread on, spread with, stain, stained glass window, stencil, stigma, stigmatize, still life, stipple, sully, tableau, taint, tapestry, tar, tarnish, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, trace, travesty, triptych, undercoat, unguent, variegate, varnish, wall painting, wash, wax, whitewash
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