stipple
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stipple
- /ˈstɪpəl/
Where it comes from
Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique.
noun stipples
- The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used. Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]
verb stipples · stippling · stippled
- To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to. Don’t you think, Major Vampyre, that eye-brow ſtippled very prettily?
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noun the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading
| Deutsch | Tüpfelung, Punktierung, Kornrasterung, Sprenkelung |
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title = {stipple},
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