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Webster 1913 Edition
Stipple
Stip′ple
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stippled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stippling
.] [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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stipple
STIPPLE
,Verb.
T.