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.
DAUB
Daub, v. i.
Defn: To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South.
DAUB
Daub, n.
1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
2. (Paint.)
Defn: A picture coarsely executed. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.
DAUBER
Daub"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.