scumblen.

/ˈskʌmb(ə)l/

Etymology: < scumble v.

A thin coat (of colour) put on by scumbling; a softened effect produced by scumbling (see scumble v. 1, 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > softened effect

scumble1834

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint > coat of paint

scumble1834

glaze1860

1834 T. H. Lister Anne Grey iii [The uncertainty as to] whether your drawing is..to be brought suddenly to a sharp edge, or a scumble, by the entrance of a visitor.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 230 After a time the scumble partially sinks into the colour over which it is laid.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 77 It is carefully and thinly painted with thin scumbles of semi-opaque colour.

1880 Muckley Handbk. Painters 75 When the tint forming the scumble is nicely calculated, no doubt a more delicate and transparent grey will be the result, than when produced by solid painting.

in extended use.1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 528/2 A golden scumble of October haze.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

scumblev.

/ˈskʌmb(ə)l/

Etymology: ? Frequentative < scum v.; compare quot. s.v. scumming adj.

a. transitive. In Oil Painting. To soften or render less brilliant (the colours in a portion of a picture) by overlaying with a thin coat of opaque or semi-opaque colour; to spread or ‘drive’ (a colour) thinly over a portion of a picture in order to soften hard lines or blend the tints; to produce (an effect) by this process.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint > spread thin layer

scumble1798

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint

glaze1622

scumble1866

1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 280 The artist then painted the lights with pure white..where the light was brightest..; and, where the demi-tints were afterwards to be, scumbling it thinner by degrees.

1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 234 Over that is scumbled thinly and smooth a warmer tint.

1866 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Painters II. 112 The hills and distant bay are scumbled into a mighty haze.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada x. 212 I'll scumble in a sunset effect.

1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xxi. 232 If ground colours are to be scumbled over they ought not to be full of strong and deep brush-marks.

b. absol.

ΚΠ

1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 336 (note) To scumble is to use partly opaque colours and white, in the same way [as in glazing].

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 11 M. Legros has in no single place permitted himself to scumble or retouch.

2. In Pencil Drawing, Chalk Drawing, or Monochrome Drawing. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > rub drawing

scumble1815

stump1861

1815 [see scumbling n. at Derivatives].

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Scumbling..is produced by lightly rubbing the blunt point of the chalk over the surface, or spreading the harder lines by the aid of the stump.

3. transferred of natural effects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)]

fordima1050

dima1300

indim?1520

pall1539

bedim1582

efisc1656

appale1686

defalcate1808

bedull1836

scumble1905

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down

dilute1665

mellow1694

break1753

sadden1787

sober1843

degrade1844

disintensify1884

scumble1905

1905 J. H. McCarthy Dryad 92 More frequent clouds now scumbled the sky.

1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) vi. i. 227 The summer tan..would scumble, I knew, the liver spots on my temples.

Derivatives

ˈscumbled adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague

cloudyc1400

indeterminatec1400

diffuse1430

diffused?1456

obscure?a1475

infinite1520

ambiguous1529

indistincta1530

nubilous1533

dark1557

undetermined1588

undefinite1589

undeterminate1603

indetermined1611

undefined1611

suspense1624

umbrageous1635

clouded1641

undeterminated1641

fuliginous1646

implicit1660

vague1690

diffusive1709

nubilose1730

foggy1737

unliquidated1780

hazy1781

indecisive1815

nebulous1817

penumbral1819

aoristic1846

scumbled1868

nubiform1873

out-of-focus1891

fuzzy1937

soft focus1938

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > modified by thin coat

scumming1818

scumbled1868

overglaze1879

1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 354 This system of covering the canvas with scumbled shade first and painting on the lights seems the best for a beginner.

1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck II. x. 280 Fancying they have got ‘atmosphere’ in dabs of grey and yellow, and..‘sunset’ in scumbled lakes and ochres.

1967 Listener 12 Jan. 48/3 A verb ‘to scumble’, which means to blur and soften the outlines. A great deal of our national life seems to me to be scumbled.

ˈscumbling n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint

glazing1706

scumbling1815

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure

clouding1654

scumbling1977

1815 R. Brown Princ. Pract. Perspective 76 Scumbling is giving a kind of rough shadow to trees, grass, gravel-walks, &c. in a drawing when it is nearly finished. It is performed with a brush having some dark colour in it, and nearly dry.

1816 J. Reynolds Char. Painters of Italy 113 A..description of the effect of glazing or scumbling, such as was practised by Titian.

1849 J. S. Templeton Guide Oil Painting (ed. 39) i. 44 By..scumbling is meant the driving opaque tints very thinly over parts that have already been painted.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 229 Scumbling..is used to modify certain portions of a picture which may require to be rendered cooler, greyer, and less definite.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 198 His light tints, the result of pearly scumblings, make his light pictures as luminous as his water-colour drawings.

1977 Times 19 Nov. 9/2 The confusion of the times..the scumbling of boundary lines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scumble
释义	scumblen. /ˈskʌmb(ə)l/ Etymology: < scumble v. A thin coat (of colour) put on by scumbling; a softened effect produced by scumbling (see scumble v. 1, 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > softened effect scumble1834 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint > coat of paint scumble1834 glaze1860 1834 T. H. Lister Anne Grey iii [The uncertainty as to] whether your drawing is..to be brought suddenly to a sharp edge, or a scumble, by the entrance of a visitor. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 230 After a time the scumble partially sinks into the colour over which it is laid. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 77 It is carefully and thinly painted with thin scumbles of semi-opaque colour. 1880 Muckley Handbk. Painters 75 When the tint forming the scumble is nicely calculated, no doubt a more delicate and transparent grey will be the result, than when produced by solid painting. in extended use.1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 528/2 A golden scumble of October haze. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). scumblev. /ˈskʌmb(ə)l/ Etymology: ? Frequentative < scum v.; compare quot. s.v. scumming adj. 1. a. transitive. In Oil Painting. To soften or render less brilliant (the colours in a portion of a picture) by overlaying with a thin coat of opaque or semi-opaque colour; to spread or ‘drive’ (a colour) thinly over a portion of a picture in order to soften hard lines or blend the tints; to produce (an effect) by this process. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint > spread thin layer scumble1798 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint glaze1622 scumble1866 1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 280 The artist then painted the lights with pure white..where the light was brightest..; and, where the demi-tints were afterwards to be, scumbling it thinner by degrees. 1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 234 Over that is scumbled thinly and smooth a warmer tint. 1866 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Painters II. 112 The hills and distant bay are scumbled into a mighty haze. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada x. 212 I'll scumble in a sunset effect. 1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xxi. 232 If ground colours are to be scumbled over they ought not to be full of strong and deep brush-marks. b. absol. ΚΠ 1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 336 (note) To scumble is to use partly opaque colours and white, in the same way [as in glazing]. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 11 M. Legros has in no single place permitted himself to scumble or retouch. 2. In Pencil Drawing, Chalk Drawing, or Monochrome Drawing. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > rub drawing scumble1815 stump1861 1815 [see scumbling n. at Derivatives]. 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Scumbling..is produced by lightly rubbing the blunt point of the chalk over the surface, or spreading the harder lines by the aid of the stump. 3. transferred of natural effects. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)] fordima1050 dima1300 indim?1520 pall1539 bedim1582 efisc1656 appale1686 defalcate1808 bedull1836 scumble1905 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down dilute1665 mellow1694 break1753 sadden1787 sober1843 degrade1844 disintensify1884 scumble1905 1905 J. H. McCarthy Dryad 92 More frequent clouds now scumbled the sky. 1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) vi. i. 227 The summer tan..would scumble, I knew, the liver spots on my temples. Derivatives ˈscumbled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague cloudyc1400 indeterminatec1400 diffuse1430 diffused?1456 obscure?a1475 infinite1520 ambiguous1529 indistincta1530 nubilous1533 dark1557 undetermined1588 undefinite1589 undeterminate1603 indetermined1611 undefined1611 suspense1624 umbrageous1635 clouded1641 undeterminated1641 fuliginous1646 implicit1660 vague1690 diffusive1709 nubilose1730 foggy1737 unliquidated1780 hazy1781 indecisive1815 nebulous1817 penumbral1819 aoristic1846 scumbled1868 nubiform1873 out-of-focus1891 fuzzy1937 soft focus1938 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > modified by thin coat scumming1818 scumbled1868 overglaze1879 1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 354 This system of covering the canvas with scumbled shade first and painting on the lights seems the best for a beginner. 1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck II. x. 280 Fancying they have got ‘atmosphere’ in dabs of grey and yellow, and..‘sunset’ in scumbled lakes and ochres. 1967 Listener 12 Jan. 48/3 A verb ‘to scumble’, which means to blur and soften the outlines. A great deal of our national life seems to me to be scumbled. ˈscumbling n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint glazing1706 scumbling1815 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure clouding1654 scumbling1977 1815 R. Brown Princ. Pract. Perspective 76 Scumbling is giving a kind of rough shadow to trees, grass, gravel-walks, &c. in a drawing when it is nearly finished. It is performed with a brush having some dark colour in it, and nearly dry. 1816 J. Reynolds Char. Painters of Italy 113 A..description of the effect of glazing or scumbling, such as was practised by Titian. 1849 J. S. Templeton Guide Oil Painting (ed. 39) i. 44 By..scumbling is meant the driving opaque tints very thinly over parts that have already been painted. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 229 Scumbling..is used to modify certain portions of a picture which may require to be rendered cooler, greyer, and less definite. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 198 His light tints, the result of pearly scumblings, make his light pictures as luminous as his water-colour drawings. 1977 Times 19 Nov. 9/2 The confusion of the times..the scumbling of boundary lines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834v.1798
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