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verb

Stipple v. t. (past & past part. stippled; pres. part. stippling)

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."

To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.

noun

Stippling, Stipple n. (Engraving)

A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

(Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

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Etymology of 'Stipple'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stipple" Quotes from Famous Books

... feature of the picture, a certain manly gravity that was shown without any disfigurement of the character of childhood, was also round and well-fed, and the scene took place on a lawn strewn with flowers—primroses, violets, and strawberries painted in fine stipple with the touch ...

— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

... invented that variation of the transfer printing process that they called bat printing, where they used oil instead of ink, and gelatine instead of paper. Now engravings for that kind of printing were usually in stipple work—dots, you know—so the prints on these knobs can easily be distinguished from those of the transfer printing. See? Now, ...

— Miss Billy's Decision • Eleanor H. Porter

... portraits of the largest size that that kind of work admitted of, as being modelled and cast by Tassie in his hard white enamel paste so as to resemble a cameo. From this model J. Jackson, R.A., made a drawing, which was engraved in stipple by C. Picart, and published in 1811 by Cadell and Davies. Line engravings of the same model were subsequently made by John Horsburgh and R.C. Bell for successive editions of the Wealth of Nations, and it is accordingly the ...

— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae

... her around the waist and threw her back. She landed on all fours, like a cat. Then, laughing, she sprang up and came at him again, only to be hurled back once more. Lewis was laughing, too, laughing at this last romp in the name of childhood. Natalie was so strong, so stipple, that he handled her roughly without fear of hurting her. They both felt the joy of strength and battle and exulted. Four times Natalie stormed the breach, and four times was she hurled back. Then she stood, ...

— Through stained glass • George Agnew Chamberlain