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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stipple  \Stip"ple\,  v.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stipple  \Stip"ple\,  Stippling  \Stip"pling\,  n.  (Engraving) 
  A  mode  of  execution  which  produces  the  effect  by  dots  or 
  small  points  instead  of  lines. 
 
  2.  (Paint.)  A  mode  of  execution  in  which  a  flat  or  even  tint 
  is  produced  by  many  small  touches. 




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