parget verb & noun. ['pɑ:dʒɪt] LME.
[Old French pargeter fill up joints in masonry, from par through, all over + jeter cast (see JET verb²).]
A. verb trans. Infl. -t-, pargetter.
1. Cover or daub with parget; plaster (a wall etc.); decorate with pargeting. LME.

2. transf. Cover or decorate (a surface) with or with ornamental work, as gilding, precious stones, etc. Also (rare), cover (the face or body) thickly with paint etc. LME-L19.

3. fig. Cover or disguise with an attractive appearance. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
b. noun.
1. Plaster spread on a wall, ceiling, etc.; whitewash; roughcast. LME.

2. spec. Ornamental work in plaster; a facing of plaster etc. with ornamental designs in relief or indented, formerly used for decorating walls. LME.

3. Gypsum used for making plaster. Now rare or obsolete. M17.

■ pargeter, pargetter noun a plasterer; a whitewasher: M16.

■ pargetry noun = PARGETING 2 E20.

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