scumbling

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noun

An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scumble
nounscumbling (plural scumblings)

plural scumblings

  1. An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.

    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.

    2003, Frank Jewett Mather, Frederic Fairchild Sherman, Art in America - Volume 91, page 121
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scumbling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scumbling.

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