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Verb

stippled

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stipple \Stip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stippled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Stippling.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot,
from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.]
1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving
in lines.
[1913 Webster]

The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether
avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect. --Milman.
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2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches
which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
[1913 Webster] Stipple

WordNet stippled
adj : having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled]

Moby Dictionary
bespangled , blotched , blotchy , dotted , dotty , flea-bitten , flecked ,
fleckered , frecked , freckled , freckly , macular , maculate ,
maculated , patchy , peppered , pocked , pockmarked , pocky , pointille ,
pointillistic , polka-dot , punctated , spangled , specked , speckled ,
speckledy , speckly , splotched , splotchy , spotted , spotty ,
sprinkled , studded