stipple, speckle
(verb) produce a mottled effect; “The sunlight stippled the trees”
stipple
(verb) apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
stipple
(verb) make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
stipple
(verb) engrave by means of dots and flicks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stipple (countable and uncountable, plural stipples)
The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
stipple (third-person singular simple present stipples, present participle stippling, simple past and past participle stippled)
(transitive) To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to.
• Tipples, tipples
Source: Wiktionary
Stip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stippling.] Etym: [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.
Stip"ple, Stip"pling, n. (Engraving)
Definition: A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
2. (Paint.)
Definition: A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
