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: […]
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Stipple
//ˈstɪpəl//
Synonyms for "stipple" (167 found)
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Related words (83)
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Translations
8 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пунктир noun (the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading)
- нанасям пунктир verb (to use small dots to give the appearance of shading to)
German
4 entries- Kornrasterung noun (the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading)
- Punktierung noun (the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading)
- Sprenkelung noun (the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading)
- Tüpfelung noun (the use of small dots that give the appearance of shading)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Don’t you think, Major Vampyre, that eye-brow ſtippled very prettily?
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The worst drawings that have ever come from [Turner’s] hands are some of this second period, on which he has spent much time and laborious thought; drawings filled with incident from one side to the other, with skies stippled into morbid blue, and warm lights set against them in violent contrast […]
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There were no footmarks on the ground, for each wind swept like a great brush over the sand surface, stippling the traces of the last travellers till the surface was again a pattern of innumerable tiny virgin waves.
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