Dauber \Daub"er\, n.

1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.

3. A low and gross flatterer.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)