Stippling


verb (used with object), stippled, stippling.
1.
to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
noun, Also, stippling
2.
the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
3.
stippled work; a painting, engraving, or the like, executed by means of dots or small spots.
verb (transitive)
1.
to draw, engrave, or paint using dots or flecks
2.
to apply paint, powder, etc, to (something) with many light dabs
3.
to give (wet paint, cement, etc) a granular effect
noun
4.
the technique of stippling or a picture produced by or using stippling

stippling stip·pling (stĭp’lĭng)
n.

A speckling of a blood cell or other structure with fine dots when exposed to a basic stain as a result of the presence of free basophil granules in the cell protoplasm.

The orange-peel appearance of normal gums.

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