parget

[ pahr-jit ]

/ ˈpɑr dʒɪt /

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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.

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Origin of parget

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

OTHER WORDS FROM parget

un·par·get·ed, adjective

Words nearby parget

parfleche, parfocal, par for the course, parfum, pargasite, parget, pargeting, parging, parhelic circle, parhelion, pari-

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How to use parget in a sentence

But he said nothing of this to Parget at present; it might possibly make a yarn for a dull evening on the Snowflake.
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Quite natural that you should be careful, sir, said Parget, smiling.
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I assure you, Mr Parget, that I have no inclination to say a word.
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Parget saw the natives with their rifles and seemed a little puzzled.
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Now to come to the point; what do you want with me, Mr Parget?
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British Dictionary definitions for parget

parget

/ (ˈpɑːdʒɪt) /

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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