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verb (used with object)
1.
to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
noun Also, stip·pling.
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.
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Stippling
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1660–70; < Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen to dot, derivative of stip dot
1660–70; < Dutch stippelen, frequentative of stippen to dot, derivative of stip dot
Related forms
stip·pler, noun
un·stip·pled, adjective
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stippling stip·pling (stĭp'lĭng)
n.
A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to a basic stain as a result of the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm.
The orange-peel appearance of normal gums.
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