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scum⋅ble

  [skuhm-buhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun Painting.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
–noun
2. the act or technique of scumbling.
3. the effect produced by this technique.
Origin:
1790–1800; perh. equiv. to scum (v.) + -le, with intrusive b
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scum·ble   (skŭm'bəl)   
tr.v.   scum·bled, scum·bling, scum·bles

  1. To soften the colors or outlines of (a painting or drawing) by covering with a film of opaque or semiopaque color or by rubbing.

  2. To blur the outlines of: a writer who scumbled the line that divides history and fiction.

n.  

  1. The effect produced by or as if by scumbling.

  2. Material used for scumbling.


[Possibly from scum.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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