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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
parget
    n 1: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn:
         parget, pargeting, pargetting]
    v 1: apply ornamental plaster to

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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Thesaurus Results for Parget:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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