stippled

stippled
    adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: {dotted}, {flecked},
           {specked}, {speckled}, {stippled}]
    

Stipple \Stip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stippled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Stippling}.] [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot,
   from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.]
   1. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving
      in lines.
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            The interlaying of small pieces can not altogether
            avoid a broken, stippled, spotty effect. --Milman.
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   2. To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches
      which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
      [1913 Webster] Stipple
    

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "stippled":
      bespangled, blotched, blotchy, dotted, dotty, flea-bitten, flecked,
      fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckly, macular, maculate,
      maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille,
      pointillistic, polka-dot, punctated, spangled, specked, speckled,
      speckledy, speckly, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty,
      sprinkled, studded