scumble
(noun) the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scumble (countable and uncountable, plural scumbles)
An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint).
scumble (third-person singular simple present scumbles, present participle scumbling, simple past and past participle scumbled)
To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
Source: Wiktionary
Scum"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scumbling.] Etym: [Freq. of scum. sq. root 158.] (Fine Arts)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
