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stip⋅ple

  [stip-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
–noun Also, stippling.
2. the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
3. stippled work; a painting, engraving, or the like, executed by means of dots or small spots.
Origin:
1660–70; < D stippelen, freq. of stippen to dot, deriv. of stip dot

Related forms:
stippler, noun
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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).

n.  

  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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