Pargeted

Pargeted
Parget 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. [1913 Webster]

The pargeted ceiling with pendants. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster]

2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]


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  • Parget — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pargeting — Parget 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plasterwork — refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called… …   Wikipedia

  • Ipswich — /ip swich/, n. 1. a city in SE Suffolk, in E England. 122,600. 2. a town in NE Massachusetts. 11,158. * * * Town and borough (pop., 2001: 117,074), administrative and historic county seat of Suffolk, England. Located northeast of London, it was… …   Universalium

  • parget — /pahr jit/, n., v., pargeted, pargeting or (esp. Brit.) pargetted, pargetting. n. 1. any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, esp. a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues. 2. gypsum. 3.… …   Universalium

  • plaster — plasterer, n. plasteriness, n. plasterlike, plastery, adj. /plas teuhr, plah steuhr/, n. 1. a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to… …   Universalium

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  • parget — [ pα:dʒɪt] (also parge pα:dʒ) verb (pargets, pargeting, pargeted) cover with a patterned or decorative layer of plaster or mortar. noun plaster or mortar applied in this way. Derivatives pargeting noun Origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • parget — /ˈpadʒət/ (say pahjuht) noun 1. British gypsum or plaster stone. 2. plaster, especially a kind of mortar formed of lime, hair, and cow dung. 3. plasterwork, especially a more or less ornamental facing for exterior walls. –verb (t) (pargeted or… …  

  • parget — [par′jit] vt. pargeted or pargetted, pargeting or pargetting [ME pargeten, pargetten < MFr pargeter, parjeter < par (< L per: see PER ), completely + jeter, to throw: see JET1] to put plaster or mortar on, esp. in a decorative way n. 1.… …   English World dictionary

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