parget, pargeting, pargetting
(noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
parget
(verb) apply ornamental plaster to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parget (third-person singular simple present pargets, present participle pargetting or pargeting, simple past and past participle pargetted or pargeted)
To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
(obsolete) To paint; to cover over.
parget (countable and uncountable, plural pargets)
Gypsum.
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
(obsolete) Paint, especially for the face.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"get, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pargeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pargeting.] Etym: [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. The pargeted ceiling with pendants. R. L. Stevenson.
2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
Par"get, v. i.
1. To lay on plaster.
2. To paint, as the face. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Par"get, n.
1. Gypsum or plaster stone.
2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. Knight.
3. Paint, especially for the face. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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