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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

daubed

/dɔbd/

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What does daubed mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of daub

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IPA pronunciation

/dɔbd/

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The wall, which was daubed with an ochre yellow wash, was scaling off in large flakes.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
The elder woman grew pale beneath the coarse powder that daubed her cheeks, and her dry lips twitched with a spasm of pain.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
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Several fowls were slain, and their blood was daubed on the chin of each person in the house, a ceremony known as ENSELAN.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
The bestial faces, daubed with color—the huge mouths and flabby hanging lips—the yellow teeth, sharp filed—the rolling, demon eyes—the shining naked bodies—the cruel spears.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
Much it concerns a man, forsooth, how a few sticks are slanted over him or under him, and what colors are daubed upon his box.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205