different between sawdust vs badigeon

English

Etymology

saw +? dust

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s???d?st/

Noun

sawdust (usually uncountable, plural sawdusts)

1. The fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

Derived terms

• sawdust joint
• sawdust trail
• sawdusty
• sea sawdust

Translations

Verb

sawdust (third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

1. To sprinkle with sawdust.

   • […] the raking out of yesterday's fire, the kindling of to-day's under the collegiate boiler, the filling of that Spartan vessel at the pump, the sweeping and sawdusting of the common room, and other such preparations.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French badigeon

Noun

badigeon (countable and uncountable, plural badigeons)

1. A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

Anagrams

• gabioned

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.di.???/

Noun

badigeon m (plural badigeons)

1. distemper, badigeon

Related terms

• badigeonnage
• badigeonner
• badigeonneur

References

• “badigeon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).