daubery

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She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is, beyond our element.

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  1. A daubing.
  2. A crudely artful device. She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 2.

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  1. Also formerly daubry, dawbry; from daub + -ery.
 

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