[dɔːb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance
(e.g: the walls were daubed with splashes of paint)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’

[dɔːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a patch or smear of a thick or sticky substance
(e.g: a daub of paint)

- plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall
(e.g: wattle and daub)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’