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dɔːb/
v.
carelessly coat or smear with a thick substance.
▸spread (a thick substance) on a surface in such a way.
n.
- plaster, clay, etc. mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall.
- a patch or smear of a thick substance.
- a painting executed without much skill.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. dauber, from L. dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’.