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Stipple

verb
(past & past part. stippled; pres. part. stippling)
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 (paint) in small dots or strokes.
4.
Produce a mottled effect.  Synonym: speckle.



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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


Words linked to "Stipple" :   artistic creation, engrave, paint, artistic production, cloud, mottle, dapple, art, etch, speckle


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