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stippled, ppl. a.|ˈstɪp(ə)ld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Painted, engraved, etc. with dots: see the verb.
1811Self Instructor 525 An elegantly finished stippled engraving. 1849H. Miller Footpr. Creator x. 199 Dots that somewhat resemble the stippled markings of the miniature painter. 1884Harper's Mag. Mar. 583/2 A stippled painted wall.
2. transf. Of natural objects: Having a dotted or minutely spotted appearance like stippled painting or engraving.
1876J. G. Jeffreys in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. iv. XVIII. 496 Inside glossy and stippled, showing under the microscope traces of longitudinal striæ. 1876Hardy Ethelberta xli. II. 152 Unexpected breezes..rasped the smooth bay in evanescent patches of stippled shade. 1899J. Cagney tr. von Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. ii. (ed. 4) 104 Varieties of coating [of the tongue] distinguished as ‘stippled’, ‘coated’, ‘plastered’, ‘furred’, and ‘encrusted’. |