scumbling

English

Etymology

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Verb

scumbling

  1. present participle and gerund of scumble

Noun

scumbling (plural scumblings)

  1. An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.
    • 2003, Frank Jewett Mather, Frederic Fairchild Sherman, Art in America - Volume 91, page 121:
      On Martha's Vineyard, Summer 1962 is a canvasful of brushstrokes and scumblings, some wet into wet, some dry-brushed, with accidental runs of thinned paint allowed to remain.
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