Reverse Dictionary: DAUB

(also see BEDAUB)

ADJECTIVES
1881 — GAUMY of the nature of a daub or smear
1900 DAWKY dauby → Eng. dial. (Bk.)


VERBS
1000 DECHE to daub; to smear → obs.
1440 SLURRY to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1527 — BESTRIKE to overspread, to do over, to anoint, to smear, to daub, to rub over with → obs.
1596 SCUMBER to void ordure; also, to produce something foul; to foul with dirty liquid; to daub with soft dirt → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..17C CLAME to daub → US
1715 BESMATTER — BESMOTTER to smear or daub with mud or dirt → Eng. dial.
1796 GAUM to smear with a sticky substance; to daub something sticky on a surface
1825 — LEBBER to bedaub, to beslabber → Sc.
1880 TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty → Eng. dial.
1900 DAWK to daub, to bemire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 DIGGER to cluster, to daub, to fasten → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 HEAL to besmear or daub with dirt → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 LABBER to besmear, esp. with mud; to daub; to lubricate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1954 GORMUCK to smear with something sticky; to daub, to dirty → Amer. dial.
1980 — GLOP to smear; to daub → US sl.