Found 2 items, similar to parget.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: parget
parget
n : plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn:
pargeting,
pargetting]
parget
v : apply ornamental plaster to
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Parget
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.
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The pargeted ceiling with pendants. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
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Parget
\Par"get\, v. i.
1. To lay on plaster.
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2. To paint, as the face. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Parget
\Par"get\, n.
1. Gypsum or plaster stone.
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2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for
stuccowork. --Knight.
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3. Paint, especially for the face. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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