daubing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DAUB'ING, participle present tense Plastering; painting coarsely; disguising clumsily; decking ostentatiously; flattering grossly. DAUB'ING, noun Plastering; coarse painting; gross flattery.
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