STIPPLE

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

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Noun

stipple (countable and uncountable, plural stipples)

The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Tipples, tipples

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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