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stipple

('st/I/p/@/l )

A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.(noun)

source: webster1913

engrave by means of dots and flicks(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
apply (paint) in small dots or strokes(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
produce a mottled effect(verb.contact)

Example:
The sunlight stippled the trees.

Synonym:
speckle

source: wordnet30
To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.(verb)

source: webster1913

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