Found 2 items, similar to stipple.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stipple stipple v 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 touches 4: produce a mottled effect; “The sunlight stippled the trees” [syn: speckle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stipple 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] 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]