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Scumble

Webster's Dictionary

(v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scumble'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scumble.html. 1828.