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dawbing

dawbing is the present participle and gerund of dawb.

dawbing is the archaic form of daubing.

Meaning of daubing

Noun

daubing (plural daubings)

  1. Something daubed, such as graffiti.
  2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; roughcast.
  3. In currying horses, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; dubbing.

Forms of dawbing

pluraldawbings

Questions about dawbing

What is dawbing the present participle and gerund of?
Dawbing is the present participle and gerund of dawb.

Words near dawbing in the dictionary

  1. dawas
  2. dawb
  3. dawbed
  4. dawber
  5. dawbers
  6. dawbing
  7. dawbings
  8. dawbs
  9. dawcock
  10. dawcocks
  11. dawd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dawbing (page history and authors); daubing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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