Pargeting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pargeting	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pargeting n plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn: parget, pargeting, pargetting] ornamental plasterwork Synonym(s): pargeting, pargetting, pargetry ornamental plastering Synonym(s): pargeting, pargetting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pargeting \Par"get*ing\, n. [Written also pargetting.] Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parget \Par"get\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pargeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pargeting}.] [OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of uncertain origin.] 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.]