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scumble


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scumble  \Scum"ble\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scumbled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Scumbling}.]  [Freq.  of  scum.  [root]  158.]  (Fine  Arts) 
  To  cover  lighty,  as  a  painting,  or  a  drawing,  with  a  thin 
  wash  of  opaque  color,  or  with  color-crayon  dust  rubbed  on 
  with  the  stump,  or  to  make  any  similar  additions  to  the  work 
  so  as  to  produce  a  softened  effect. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scumble 
  n  :  the  application  of  very  thin  coat  of  color  over  the  surface 
  of  a  picture 




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