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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions parget noun  Gypsum or plaster stone. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. Quotations 1952: The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 191. Paint, especially for the face. Obs. verb (pargeted or pargetted, pargeting or pargetting) To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses. Quotations 1952: Closely allied to daubing was pargetting or rough-casting, the chief difference, so far as any real distinction was made in the technical use of the terms, being that in pargetting mortar or a coarse form of plaster was used instead of clay or loam. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 191. To paint; to cover over. Obs.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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