STIPPLE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

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