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Webster 1913 Edition

Parget

Par′get

,
Verb.
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.]

Par′get

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To lay on plaster.
2.
To paint, as the face.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Par′get

,
Noun.
1.
Gypsum or plaster stone.
2.
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
Knight.
3.
Paint, especially for the face.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parget

P`ARGET

,
Noun.
Gypsum or plaster stone.
1.
Plaster laid on roofs or walls.
2.
Paint.
Parget is applied to the several kinds of gypsum, which when slightly calcined, is called plaster of Paris, and is used in casting statues, in stucco for floors, ceilings, &c.

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