v c To plaster or smear over (a pipkin or other vessel) with earth or ashes; that it may bear the fire: also to cover, close, stop up (an aperture or a hole) with paste, clay, cowdung, flour &c.: also to smear over (dates &c.) with flour, in order to fry them.
v c To plaster or smear over (a pipkin or other vessel) with earth or ashes; that it may bear the fire: also to cover, close, stop up (an aperture or a hole) with paste, clay, cowdung, flour &c.: also to smear over (dates &c.) with flour, in order to fry them.