parget

[pahr-jit]

noun

any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.

gypsum.

pargeting(defs 2, 3).

verb (used with object), par·get·ed, par·get·ing or (especially British) par·get·ted, par·get·ting.

to cover or decorate with parget or pargeting.

Origin of parget

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French pargeter, equivalent to par- per- + geter, spelling variant of jeter to throw; see jet¹

Related formsun·par·get·ed, adjective

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Historical Examples of parget

Quite natural that you should be careful, sir, said Parget, smiling.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain
Parget saw the natives with their rifles and seemed a little puzzled.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain
The verb is, of course, the same as 'parget'—'to plaster or distemper'.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III
John Cleveland
I dont, said Mr Parget, Id sooner be suspected wrongly than rightly any day.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain
Well, said Parget, theyre the finest set of natives Ive seen yet anywhere.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for parget

parget

noun

Also called: pargeting

plaster, mortar, etc, used to line chimney flues or cover walls
plasterwork that has incised ornamental patterns

another name for gypsum

verb (tr)

to cover or decorate with parget

Word Origin for parget

C14: from Old French pargeter to throw over, from par per- + geter, from Medieval Latin jactāre to throw

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