STIPPLED

dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled

(adjective) having a pattern of dots

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

stippled

simple past tense and past participle of stipple

Source: Wiktionary


STIPPLE

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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BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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