'Stipple' definitions:
Definition of 'stipple'
From: WordNet
verb
Engrave by means of dots and flicks
verb
Make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
verb
Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
verb
Produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" [syn: stipple, speckle]
Definition of 'Stipple'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface. [1913 Webster] Stipple
Definition of 'Stipple'
From: GCIDE
- Stipple \Stip"ple\, Stippling \Stip"pling\, n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stipple'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apply paint,
- autolithograph,
- band,
- bar,
- be a printmaker,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- besmear,
- bespangle,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- blotch,
- brush on paint,
- burr,
- calcimine,
- carve,
- character,
- check,
- checker,
- chisel,
- chiseling,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- cover,
- crease,
- cribble,
- cross-hatching,
- crosshatch,
- cut,
- dab,
- dapple,
- dappledness,
- dappleness,
- daub,
- deep-dye,
- demitint,
- dip,
- distemper,
- dot,
- dottedness,
- double-dye,
- dye,
- emblazon,
- enamel,
- enchase,
- engild,
- engrave,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- etch,
- etching,
- face,
- fast-dye,
- flake,
- fleck,
- freckle,
- freckliness,
- fresco,
- furrow,
- gem-engraving,
- gild,
- glass-cutting,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- glyptic,
- grain,
- grave,
- graving,
- groove,
- half tint,
- harlequin,
- hatch,
- hatching,
- hue,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- incise,
- incision,
- ingrain,
- inscribe,
- inscript,
- inscription,
- iris,
- japan,
- lacquer,
- lay on color,
- line,
- lining,
- lithograph,
- macula,
- maculate,
- maculation,
- macule,
- make prints,
- marble,
- marbleize,
- mark,
- marking,
- motley,
- mottle,
- mottledness,
- paint,
- parget,
- patch,
- pepper,
- pigment,
- pointillage,
- pointillism,
- polka dot,
- polychrome,
- polychromize,
- prime,
- print,
- rainbow,
- score,
- scoring,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- sculpture,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shellac,
- slash,
- slashing,
- slop on paint,
- smear,
- spangle,
- speck,
- speckle,
- speckliness,
- splash,
- splotch,
- spot,
- spottedness,
- spottiness,
- sprinkle,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- stippledness,
- stippling,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- stud,
- tattoo,
- tessellate,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tone,
- tool,
- tooling,
- type-cutting,
- undercoat,
- variegate,
- varnish,
- vein,
- wash,
- whitewash