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dauby, a.|ˈdɔːbɪ|
[f. daub n. + -y.]
1. Of the nature of or resembling daub; sticky.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 54 Th' industrious Kind With dawby Wax and Flow'rs the Chinks have lin'd. 1787Marshall Rur. Econ. East Norfolk Gloss., Dauby, clammy, sticky; spoken of land when wet. 1884Upton-on-Severn Gloss., Dauby, damp and sticky; used of bread made from ‘grown’ wheat.
2. Given to daubing: dirty, etc. (see quots.). dial.
1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Dauby, untidy, dirty. Dauby folks, slovenly people in household matters. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Dauby, dirty. ‘What a dauby bairn thoo art’. 1877Holderness Gloss., Dauby..(2) feignedly affectionate; (3) gaudily dressed, without taste.
3. Of the nature of a daub.
1829Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 962 The painter's work—be it dawby or divine. 1878Mozley's Ess. I. Introd. 43 A slovenly, and, to use his own expression, dauby style of writing. |