daub

Meanings

Noun

• Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
• A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
• A crude or amateurish painting.

Verb

• To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
• To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
• To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
• To flatter excessively or grossly.
• To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

Origin

• From Middle English daub, from Middle English dauben, from Old Northern French dauber, of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre.