stipple
verb
- apply paint or ink in small dot like strokes
- engrave by means of dots
- mottle
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpəl/
noun
Etymology: Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique.
- The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
“Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]”
verb
Etymology: Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique.
- To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to.
“Don’t you think, Major Vampyre, that eye-brow ſtippled very prettily?”
“The worst drawings that have ever come from [Turner’s] hands are some of this second period, on which he has spent much time and laborious thought; drawings filled with incident from one side to the other, with skies stippled into morbid blue, and warm lights set against them in violent contrast […]”