Parget

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  parget
       n : plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn: {pargeting},
            {pargetting}]
       v : apply ornamental plaster to

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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