1.
[syn: parget, pargeting, pargetting]
VERB (1)
1. apply ornamental plaster to;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Parget \Par"get\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pargeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pargeting.] [OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of
uncertain origin.]
1. To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior
of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses. --Sir
T. Herbert.
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The pargeted ceiling with pendants. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Parget \Par"get\, v. i.
1. To lay on plaster.
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2. To paint, as the face. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Parget \Par"get\, n.
1. Gypsum or plaster stone.
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2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for
stuccowork. --Knight.
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3. Paint, especially for the face. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
parget
n 1: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn:
parget, pargeting, pargetting]
v 1: apply ornamental plaster to
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "parget":
apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brush on paint,
calcimine, cement, coat, color, complexion, concrete, cover, dab,
daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel,
engild, face, fast-dye, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, grout,
hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on color,
mastic, mortar, paint, pigment, plaster, prime, roughcast, shade,
shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smear, stain, stipple, stucco,
tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat, varnish, wash,
whitewash