Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stippled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether
avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect. --Milman.
2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches
which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stippled
adj : having a pattern of dots [syn: {dotted}, {flecked}, {specked},
{speckled}]
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