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Scumbling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing.

2. In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.

3. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.

Scumbling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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