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PARGETED
Verb
pargeted
simple past tense and past participle of parget
Adjective
pargeted (comparative more pargeted, superlative most pargeted)
(now rare) Coated with parget or plaster. [from 16th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
PARGET
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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