stipple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stipple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stipple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stipple v engrave by means of dots and flicks make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink apply (paint) in small dots or strokes produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" Synonym(s): stipple, speckle
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stipple \Stip"ple\, Stippling \Stip"pling\, n. (Engraving) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. 2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.