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Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.

A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.

A crude or amateurish painting.

To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes. +

To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.

(obsolete) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

(obsolete) To flatter excessively or grossly.

(obsolete) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.