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stipples

stipples is the plural of stipple.

stipples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stipple.

Meaning of stipple

Noun

stipple (countable and uncountable, plural stipples)

  1. (painting) 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: […]1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Pied Beauty”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, page 30, lines 1–3

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Questions about stipples

What is stipples the plural of?
Stipples is the plural of stipple.

Words near stipples in the dictionary

  1. stipple
  2. stipple ceiling
  3. stippled
  4. stippler
  5. stipplers
  6. stipples
  7. stipplethroat
  8. stippling
  9. stipplings
  10. stipply
  11. Stipps

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