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verb

Stipple v. t. (past & past part. stippled; pres. part. stippling)

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."

To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.

noun

Stippling, Stipple n. (Engraving)

A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

(Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

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Etymology of 'Stipple'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stipple" Quotes from Famous Books

... each stamped with the identical network of lines in red chalk representing his key. He proceeds to draw each color-plate successively, at all times adhering closely to the red chalk outlines, filling in with tusche where full strength of the color is required and using lithographic crayon or the stipple process to reproduce the various gradations of this color in order to secure the full color value of each printing. The register marks are ruled in on each stone corresponding to those on the key, so that the ...

— The Building of a Book • Various