PARGETTING

pargeting, pargetting

(noun) ornamental plastering

pargeting, pargetting, pargetry

(noun) ornamental plasterwork

parget, pargeting, pargetting

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pargetting (countable and uncountable, plural pargettings)

Alternative form of pargeting

Verb

pargetting

present participle of parget

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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