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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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