Daub v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daubed p. pr. & vb. n. Daubing.]
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.
daubed
adj : smeared thickly; often useed in combination; "cheeks
beplastered with cosmetics"; "paint-besmeared savage
bodies"; "mud-daubed walls" [syn: beplastered, besmeared]