noun
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Also called: pargeting.
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plaster, mortar, etc, used to line chimney flues or cover walls
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plasterwork that has incised ornamental patterns
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another name for gypsum
verb
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Etymology
Origin of parget
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French pargeter, equivalent to par- per- + geter, spelling variant of jeter to throw; see jet 1
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The houses, crépi or parget below and bamboo above, are mere band-boxes raised from the ground; the smaller perfectly imitated poultry-crates.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The insides of these are pargeted with lime and cow-dung in the usual way, brickwork being only introduced immediately around the fireplaces.
From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Williams-Ellis, Clough
The prince pulled a golden bell-cord that shone against the green pargeting of the wall.
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
Cheaping Knowe was all builded of stone; but the houses here were of timber for the most part, done over with pargeting and whitened well.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
Broken oyster shells are distinguishable in the decorated plasterwork, indicating that the pargeting was done at Jamestown.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.
In the Little Shambles, too, there are many curious details in the high gables, pargeting and oriel windows.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
She answered, "Even so"; and, taking her seat upon the couch of juniper wood, pargetted with gold and silver, said to the portress and cateress, "Now do ye what ye have to do."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The town is filled with timber-ribbed, pargetted houses, one of the most striking of these being the old Feathers Inn.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel
The latter clause shows that our great-grandmothers were quite au fait with the nostrums of the present day, with "pargetting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old rivelled faces."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
From pargetting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old rivelled faces.
From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben
Fireclay tubes, rectangular or circular in transverse section, are largely used in place of the pargetting; although more expensive than the latter they have the advantage in point of cleanliness and durability.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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