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stipple

stippled drawing

stip·ple

(stĭp′əl)

tr.v. stip·pled, stip·pling, stip·ples

1. To draw, engrave, or paint in dots or short strokes.

2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.

3. To dot, fleck, or speckle: "They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds" (Flannery O'Connor).

1. A method of drawing, engraving, or painting using dots or short strokes.

2. The effect produced by stippling.

[Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen, to speckle, from stip, dot, from Middle Dutch.]

stip′pler n.

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Translations

stip·pling

n. punteado, condición de apariencia con manchas.

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'Lovely it was,' went on Maud, dully conscious of failure, but stippling in like an artist the little touches which give atmosphere and verisimilitude to a story.

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