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• stip|ple — «STIHP uhl», verb, pled, pling, noun. –v.t. 1. to paint, draw, or engrave by using dots or small, light strokes. 2. to produce a stippled effect on. –n. 1. the method of painting, drawing, or engraving by stippling. 2. an effect produced by or as …   Useful english dictionary

• ple — ple·iad; ple·i·dae; ple·na·ri·ly; ple·nar·ty; ple·na·ry; ple·ne; ple·ni·lune; ple·nip·o·tence; ple·nip·o·tent; ple·nist; ple·o·chro·ic; ple·och·ro·ism; ple·och·ro·ous; ple·o·cy·to·sis; ple·o·dont; ple·o·mas·tia; ple·o·ma·zia; ple·o·me·tro·sis;… …   English syllables

• stip´pler — stip|ple «STIHP uhl», verb, pled, pling, noun. –v.t. 1. to paint, draw, or engrave by using dots or small, light strokes. 2. to produce a stippled effect on. –n. 1. the method of painting, drawing, or engraving by stippling. 2. an effect produced …   Useful english dictionary

• stip — ad·stip·u·late; ad·stip·u·la·tor; stip; stip·i·tal; stip·i·tate; stip·i·tat·ic; stip·i·ture; stip·i·tu·rus; stip·pen; stip·pler; stip·ply; stip·u·la; stip·u·la·ble; stip·u·lar; stip·u·la·tion; stip·u·la·tive; stip·u·la·tor; stip·u·la·to·ry;… …   English syllables

• stipple — stip·ple …   English syllables

• stipple — stip•ple [[t]ˈstɪp əl[/t]] v. pled, pling, n. 1) fia to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches 2) fia the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling 3) fia stippled work Also, stip′pling. Etymology: 1660–70; < D… …   From formal English to slang

• stipple — stip|ple [ˈstıpəl] v [T] [Date: 1700 1800; : Dutch; Origin: stippelen] to draw or paint a picture or pattern using short ↑strokes or spots instead of lines >stippled adj >stippling n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stipple — stip|ple [ stıpl ] verb transitive to make a pattern of small marks on a surface: Try stippling the walls with some white paint on a sponge …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English