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Entry:    pargeted (adj.)

Definition:  Covered or decorated with plaster or parget.

Parget (n.) is, I believe, a thin layer of oil on the underside of a seagull’s wings.
No?  Plaster spread on a wall, ceiling, etc.; roughcast. Formerly also: †whitewash (obs.).

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Page:   51

Source:   Oxford English Dictionary

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