dauber1 (s.xii3/4)
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dauber1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  albus 24,305b / *dubban 3,168a / dubban *15/ii,79a Gdf:  dauber 2,424b GdfC: ∅ TL: dauber 2,1200 DEAF:  dauber  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  daub v.  MED:  dauben v.  DMLBS:  daubare 561b / dealbare 564c
dealber,  dober  

v.a.

1to smear, smooth: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  explicet: (F) daubet  260
2fig.to cover up, hide: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  mis i unt allegories Dunt il dealbunt les vilainies  11338
( MS: s.xiii2 ) E le meus mez fez ai daubé e planie e desdit e defendu e trop puplié  (J) 92vb
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  pur quei celez vus e daubet vostre soilleure e vostre ord pecché?  71.21
dauber de
1to smear, coat, cover with: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Si friez en viez oint de porc, [...] et le daubez de miel  73.62
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Ki vodera colurer chose deorree [...], prenge arnement et vin egre et un petit de cel, si mulez bien, si en dobét la chose [...]  382.22

v.n.

1fig.to deceive, pretend: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Celi ki jure en daubant En duble pecché chiet  8251
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  pur coverir lur pecché e pur dauber e pur eus escuser  77.5

p.p._as_a.

1daubed, plastered, covered with clay lime, mortar etc.: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les fonz (=of the boats) furent fet d’unes verges pelees, Petites e tenantes, de butemay daubees  6394
( MS: s.xivm )  Il (=Amos) Voit [...] nostre sire esteaunt sur le mur daubee  3va
2fig.insincere, deceitful: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  losenger de paroles daubees  210ra
daube#1  daubement  daubément  dauberie  daubesse  daubeure  daubour 
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