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Stipple

verb
(past & past part. stippled; pres. part. stippling)
1.
Engrave by means of dots and flicks.
2.
Make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink.
3.
Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes.
4.
Produce a mottled effect.  Synonym: speckle.



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"Stipple" Quotes from Famous Books



... engraving is done either from prints or pen-drawings. Almost all kinds of prints can be re-engraved directly from the copy, provided they be in clear, black lines or stipple, and on white or only slightly ...
— Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 • Various

... invented that variation of the transfer printing process that they called bat printing, where they used oil instead of ink, and gelatine instead of paper. Now engravings for that kind of printing were usually in stipple work—dots, you know—so the prints on these knobs can easily be distinguished from those of the transfer printing. See? Now, ...
— Miss Billy's Decision • Eleanor H. Porter

... feature of the picture, a certain manly gravity that was shown without any disfigurement of the character of childhood, was also round and well-fed, and the scene took place on a lawn strewn with flowers—primroses, violets, and strawberries painted in fine stipple with the touch ...
— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

... how the work is done. The graining color is brushed over the work, in the ordinary manner, with a pound-brush, care being taken not to put too much color on, or else it is very liable to be dirty. A dry duster is now used to stipple with, which, if properly done, will distribute the color evenly; it is now ready for combing. In the real oak it will be found, as a rule, that the grain is invariably coarser on one side of the panel than on the other; this arises from the very nature of the ...
— Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 • Various

... heavy. A neutral tint of grey or brown is easy for a beginner to manage, and a warm red-brown is admirable for the purpose. A soft blue sky with fleecy-white clouds makes the best background for a fair girl in a white dress. Wash in the background colour to the desired strength, then stipple it ...
— Little Folks (December 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various



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