stipple

1. To make dots, points, etc., on a surface (as a painted or freshly plastered surface), to achieve a decorative effect.

2. A stippler.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Stipple

an instrument used in stipple engraving (a type of incised engraving on metal). A steel cutting tool with a sharply bent tip, a stipple produces triangular dots or short angular strokes on the surface of the metal. The system of dots obtained by working with a stipple creates a particularly soft and picturesque effect. The school of 18th-century English engravers who practiced stipple engraving is often called the school of the stipple.

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Pro tip: Don't over stipple! As with most gunsmithing jobs, you can always go further from the center point of the frame later on, so don't start off by stippling too much.

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I essentially stipple half of my carry gun, leaving the part touching my skin smooth, whereas the other half is really aggressive.

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'The number of good glasses is also, inevitably, diminishing as museums buy them or they get broken.' Mr Vecht has currently a fine goblet stipple engraved by one of the most highly regarded engravers, David Wolff of 's-Hertogenbosch (1732-98).

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Also, because anti-reflection coatings can often be easily scratched, the German team have added an ultra-thin polyurethane organic substance to the mold, which coats the whole film, without filling in the gaps between the dimples and stipples, which are one ten-thousandth of a millimetre thick.

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And I won't be responsible for my actions if he pulls out his killer chat-up line: "There was an old lady from Stipple

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Rustic-type yarn styles include marls, stipples, tweeds, chunky and felted.

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And if even that isn't enough, you can always go on a course and learn how to crackle glaze, colourwash and stipple for yourself.

The fun way to learn those special effects; Jo Ind visits a paint work-out store in Shrewsbury to brush up on her techniques with personal finesse instructor Norma de Salis

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If you're not familiar with what this does, shooters and gunsmiths "stipple" and texture the grips of polymer firearms to enhance the feel and shootability of these guns.

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