What does parget mean?

Definitions for parget
ˈpɑr dʒɪtpar·get

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parget, pargeting, pargettingverb

    plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys

  2. pargetverb

    apply ornamental plaster to

Wiktionary

  1. pargetnoun

    Gypsum or plaster stone.

  2. pargetnoun

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

  3. pargetnoun

    Paint, especially for the face.

  4. pargetverb

    To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.

  5. pargetverb

    To paint; to cover over.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PARGETnoun

    Plaster laid upon roofs of rooms.

    Gold was the parget, and the cieling bright
    Did shine all scaly with great plates of gold;
    The floor with jasp and emerald was dight. Edmund Spenser.

    Of English talc, the coarser sort is called plaster or parget; the finer, spaad. John Woodward.

  2. To Pargetverb

    To plaster; to cover with plaster.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    There are not more arts of disguising our corporeal blemishes than our moral; and yet, whilst we thus paint and parget our own deformities, we cannot allow any the least imperfection of another’s to remain undetected. Government of the Tongue.

ChatGPT

  1. parget

    Parget is a type of plaster or mortar used for coating walls and ceilings, particularly in traditional or ancient buildings. It can also refer to the act or process of decorating or embellishing walls with this plaster.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pargetverb

    to coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses

  2. Pargetverb

    to paint; to cover over

  3. Pargetverb

    to lay on plaster

  4. Pargetverb

    to paint, as the face

  5. Pargetnoun

    gypsum or plaster stone

  6. Pargetnoun

    plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork

  7. Pargetnoun

    paint, especially for the face

  8. Etymology: [OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of uncertain origin.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Parget

    pär′jet, n. (Spens.) the plaster of a wall: paint.—v.t. to plaster: to paint.—ns. Par′geter; Par′geting, Parge′-work. [L. paries, parietis, a wall; or Low L. spargitāre, to sprinkle—L. spargĕre.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of parget in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of parget in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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