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stipple |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stipple \Stip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr & vb n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.] 1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect. --Milman. 2. To paint, as in water colors, by small short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stipple \Stip"ple\, Stippling \Stip"pling\, n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. 2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stipple v 1: engrave by means of dots and flicks 2: make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink 3: apply in small touches, of paint 4: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" [syn: {speckle}]
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