Parget

Word PARGET
Character 6
Hyphenation par get
Pronunciations /ˈpɑːdʒɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Parget"

What do we mean by parget?

A mixture, such as plaster or roughcast, used to coat walls and line chimneys. noun

Ornamental work in plaster. noun

A cement mixture used to waterproof outer walls. noun

To cover or adorn with parget. transitive verb

To cover with parget or plaster; ornament with pargeting.

To paint; cover or daub with paint.

Hence To gloss over; disguise.

To cover something with parget or plaster.

To lay on paint.

Gypsum or plaster-stone. noun

Plaster; specifically, a kind of mortar formed of lime, hair, and cow-dung. noun

Plaster-work; especially, a more or less ornamental facing for exterior walls, decorated with figures in relief or sunk in the surface; pargeting. noun

Paint, especially paint for the face. noun

To lay on plaster. intransitive verb

To paint, as the face. intransitive verb

To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues. transitive verb

To paint; to cover over. transitive verb

Gypsum or plaster stone. noun

Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. noun

Paint, especially for the face. noun

Gypsum.

Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.

Paint, especially for the face.

This is slang for applying large quantities of make-up to the face or body. It derives from the verb ‘pargeting’ which is to apply a decorative, waterproof plaster to a wall. The finished plaster is also known as pargeting and can be in a variety of colours. So if a woman is piling stuff on her face, eyebrows, eyes, lips, eyelashes or face, she is pargeting. Urban Dictionary

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The word "parget" in example sentences

Within their doors also, such as are of ability do oft make their floors and parget of fine alabaster burned, which they call plaster of Paris, whereof in some places we have great plenty, and that very profitable against the rage of fire. ❋ Thomas Malory Jean Froissart (N/A)

Unto the parget [3] on their side the which did never meet. ❋ Compiled By Frank Sidgwick (N/A)

The houses, _crépi_ or parget below and bamboo above, are mere band-boxes raised from the ground; the smaller perfectly imitated poultry-crates. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

_I cannot_ parget _my own cause --- _ meaning, I cannot _whitewash, varnish_, or _gloss_ my cause. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

A stroll through the California State Capitol (10th and L Streets; 916-324-0333; www. capitolmuseum.ca.gov) - a neo-Classical confection of Corinthian and other classic columns, parget plasterwork and mosaic floors - makes everything feel like it's in grand order. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Look at that [silly moo] piling gunk on her face!” “Yeah, she does so much [pargeting] she keeps [Maybelline] in business by herself’” ❋ AKACroatalin (2019)

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