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Daubing
() of Daub
Daub
() To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
Daub
() To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
Daub
() To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
Daub
() To flatter excessively or glossy.
Daub
() To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
Daub
() To smear; to play the flatterer.
Daub
() A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
Daub
() A picture coarsely executed.
Dauber
() One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
Dauber
() A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
Dauber
() A low and gross flatterer.
Dauber
() The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Daubery
() Alt. of Daubry
Daubry
() A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
Daubing
() The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
Daubing
() A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Daubing
() In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.
Daubreelite
() A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Dauby
() Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
Daughters
() of Daughter
Daughtren
() of Daughter
Daughter
() The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
Daughter
() A female descendant; a woman.
Daughter
() A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Daughter
() A term of address indicating parental interest.
Daughters-in-law
() of Daughter-in-law
Daughter-in-law
() The wife of one's son.
Daughterliness
() The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
Daughterly
() Becoming a daughter; filial.
Dauk
() See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.
Daun
() A variant of Dan, a title of honor.
Daunted
() of Daunt
Daunting
() of Daunt
Daunt
() To overcome; to conquer.
Daunt
() To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Daunter
() One who daunts.
Dauntless
() Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Dauphin
() The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
Dauphiness
() Alt. of Dauphine
Dauphine
() The title of the wife of the dauphin.
Dauw
() The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
Davenport
() A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
Davidic
() Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
Davit
() A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
Davit
() Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
Davy Jones
() The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Davy lamp
() See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
Davyne
() A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
Davyum
() A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.