資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), v. t. [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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

daubed
     adj : smeared thickly; often useed in combination; "cheeks
           beplastered with cosmetics"; "paint-besmeared savage
           bodies"; "mud-daubed walls" [syn: {beplastered}, {besmeared}]