Crossword-Solution: DAUBING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Daubing | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Daub |
| Daubing | n. | The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. |
| Daubing | n. | A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. |
| Daubing | n. | In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Finger-painting in nursery school | 1 answer |
| Palette holder's exercise, maybe | 1 answer |
| Smear tactic? | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CAMEZE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DAUBING (5)
Meanwhile, I shall sit here through all the hot summer, daubing at your pictures.” “Oh, take your time about it,” said Newman.
But it seemed to us from what she said that artists never did any work; just spent their time lounging around, doing nothing, and daubing paint on their canvas with brushes like a painter, or chiselling and chopping rocks like a mason.
When the frog was got in, it hopped at once half the length of the boat, and then over my head, backward and forward, daubing my face and clothes with its odious slime.
The old man is on a step-ladder, daubing the walls and ceiling with "cuckoo's-egg green," while the parlor-maid and the cook are on their knees, painting the floor with "sealing-wax red." The old lady is doing the picture frames in "terra cotta." The eldest daughter and her young man are making sly love in a corner over a pot of "high art yellow," with which, so soon as they have finished wasting their time, they will, it is manifest, proceed to elevate the piano.
Another rite in connection with initiation, and common all over the pagan world--in Greece, America, Africa, Australia, New Mexico, etc.--was the daubing of the novice all over with clay or chalk or even dung, and then after a while removing the same.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1978–2016).