PARGET

parget, pargeting, pargetting

(noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys

parget

(verb) apply ornamental plaster to

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

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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