parget Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
    pargeting; pargetting.
  2. verb apply ornamental plaster to

WordNet

Par"get transitive verb
Etymology
OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of uncertain origin.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pargeted; present participle & verbal noun Pargeting
Definitions
  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.
    The pargeted ceiling with pendants. R. L. Stevenson.
  2. To paint; to cover over. Obs.
Par"get intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lay on plaster.
  2. To paint, as the face. Obs. B. Jonson.
Par"get noun
Definitions
  1. Gypsum or plaster stone.
  2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. Knight.
  3. Paint, especially for the face. Obs. Drayton.

Webster 1913