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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
daub .
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Examples
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Their Colour is of a tawny, which would not be so dark, did they not dawb themselves with Bears Oil, and a Colour like burnt Cork.
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Then they force it open with Sticks in the middle, slope the underside of the ends, and sow them up, which helps to keep the Belly open; or if the Birch Trees happen to be small, they sow the Bark of two together; The Seams they dawb with Clay or Mud, and then pass over in these Canoes, by two, three, or more at a time, according as they are in bigness.
The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722
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Their Colour is of a tawny, which would not be so dark, did they not dawb themselves with Bears Oil, and a Colour like burnt Cork.
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They were given cash for reporting offenders who let their dogs foul pavements, drop litter, dawb graffiti or fly-tip.
Letters From A Tory LFAT 2010
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They were given cash for reporting offenders who let their dogs foul pavements, drop litter, dawb graffiti or fly-tip.
Letters From A Tory 2010
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-- On the other hand, unpopular essays will not even be accepted; and you must pay to have them printed: but then you seldom lose by it, as courtiers are so sensible of their deficiency in merit, that they generously reward all who know how to dawb them with the appearance of it. "
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
sionnach commented on the word dawb
a Bribe, a Reward for secret Service; as, The Cull was gybbed, because he could not dawb. The Rogue was punished, because he had no Pence to bribe off his Sentence.
May 9, 2009