Definitions
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Word origin
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”), which would make it a doublet of dealbate.
Used in a sentence
“Ah, but what if he penned what in the art schools they call an 'artist's statement' wherein he explained the relation of his gibberish or his daubs to the mainstream of art or writing?”
“The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.”
“[…] she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Smear on”4 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
D___