daub

DAUB, verb transitive 1. To smear with soft adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance.She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Exodus 2:3.2. To paint coarsely.If a picture is daubed with many bright colors, the vulgar admire it. Watts.3. To cover with something gross or specious; to disguise with an artificial covering.So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.4. To lay or put on without taste; to deck awkwardly or ostentatiously, or to load with affected finery.Let him be daubed with lace- Dryden.5. To flatter grossly.Conscience will not daub nor flatter. South.DAUB, verb intransitive To practice gross flattery; to play the hypocrite