Definition of Pargit
Par"get (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Pargeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pargeting.] [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Gypsum or plaster stone.
- Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
Quotations
*1952: The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 191.
- Paint, especially for the face.
- To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.
Quotations
*1952: Closely allied to daubing was pargetting or rough-casting, the chief difference, so far as any real distinction was made in the technical use of the terms, being that in pargetting mortar or a coarse form of plaster was used instead of clay or loam. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 191.
- To paint; to cover over.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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