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scumble Definition


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scumble
verb
    scumbled, scumbling
    1. To soften the effect of a drawing or painting by a very thin coat of opaque or semi-opaque colour, by light rubbing or by applying paint with a dry brush.
noun
    1. Colour applied in this way.
    2. The effect produced by this.
Derivative: scumbling
noun
    Etymology: 18c: perhaps related to scum.



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