dauber
dauber Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small brush, sponge-tipped bottle, or applicator used to smear or dab liquid, such as shoe polish, glue, or ink onto a bingo card.
"She used a purple ink dauber to mark off the numbers on her bingo card."
Any of various solitary wasps of the families Sphecidae and Crabronidae (most notably the mud dauber), found worldwide, that construct cylindrical nests out of mud to house their larvae.
"A solitary mud dauber built several tubular clay nests beneath the porch eaves."
An unskilled or clumsy painter who applies paint crudely.
"The art critic dismissed the amateur portraitist as a mere dauber with no sense of proportion."
A worker or craftsperson who coats walls or timber frames with plaster, clay, or mud, especially in traditional wattle-and-daub construction.
"In medieval villages, the dauber worked alongside the carpenter to seal woven wooden walls with a mixture of clay and straw."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'dauben' (to smear with plaster or mud), from Old French 'dauber' (to coat with whitewash), ultimately from Latin 'dealbare' (to whiten).