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Scumble

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Noun

1. scumble

the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scumble

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verb
1. 
(in painting and drawing) to soften or blend (an outline or colour) with an upper coat of opaque colour, applied very thinly
noun
2. 
the upper layer of colour applied in this way
3. 
the technique or effects of scumbling

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Scumble

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈscumbled or ˈscumbling
1. 
a. 
to soften the outlines or color of (a painting) by applying a thin coat of opaque color
b. 
to apply (color) in this manner
2. 
to soften the outlines of (a drawing) by rubbing or blurring
3. 
to make by either of these processes
noun
4. 
a coat of color added in scumbling
5. 
the softening of outline produced by scumbling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Scumble

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tr.v. scum·bled, scum·bling, scum·bles
1. To soften the colors or outlines of (a painting or drawing) by covering with a film of opaque or semiopaque color or by rubbing.
2. To blur the outlines of: a writer who scumbled the line that divides history and fiction.
n.
1. The effect produced by or as if by scumbling.
2. Material used for scumbling.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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