[ dɔ:b ]
■ verb carelessly coat or smear with a thick substance.
↘spread (a thick substance) on a surface in such a way.
■ noun
1》 plaster, clay, etc. mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall.
2》 a patch or smear of a thick substance.
3》 a painting executed without much skill.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~er , from L. dealbare 'whiten, whitewash', based on albus 'white'.