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Daub′ing.


1. (Currying.) Or dubbing. A mixture of fish-oil and tallow which is worked into leather after the latter has been shaved by the knife at the currier's beam.


2. (Plastering.) a. A rough coat of mortar thrown upon a wall, and supposed to give it the appearance of stone. Rough-cast.

b. The chinking or closing of the apertures between the logs of a cabin. The daubing is usually mud. The chimneys, made of sticks, are also daubed inside and out.

Ship's davit.

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