scumble
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2ADJ.
bottom
VERB + SCUMBLE
want
Definitions
noun
An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint).
verb
To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
manure [...] dead leaves [...] and the odd unstomachable meal thrown or vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean—all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an impasto, feet thick, of unbelievable topsoil in which anything could grow
I want you to scumble the bottom third with sap green.
To apply a painted pattern to the finish of a piece of furniture to simulate the woodgrain of another timber, as for example to give pine an appearance of oak.
scumbled pine
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3manure [...] dead leaves [...] and the odd unstomachable meal thrown or vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean—all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an imp
WiktionaryI want you to scumble the bottom third with sap green.
WiktionaryThe moon was brilliant, the path a track of scumbled footprints in the snow, the air cutting and cold.
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