daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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In a hundred years all Watteau's pictures will be banished to the garrets and falling to pieces from neglect; in 1893 struggling painters will be daubing their studies over Boucher's canvases.
From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie