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单词 scumble
释义

scumblen.

/ˈskʌmb(ə)l/
Etymology: < scumble v.
A thin coat (of colour) put on by scumbling; a softened effect produced by scumbling (see scumble v. 1, 2).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > softened effect
scumble1834
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint > coat of paint
scumble1834
glaze1860
1834 T. H. Lister Anne Grey iii [The uncertainty as to] whether your drawing is..to be brought suddenly to a sharp edge, or a scumble, by the entrance of a visitor.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 230 After a time the scumble partially sinks into the colour over which it is laid.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 77 It is carefully and thinly painted with thin scumbles of semi-opaque colour.
1880 Muckley Handbk. Painters 75 When the tint forming the scumble is nicely calculated, no doubt a more delicate and transparent grey will be the result, than when produced by solid painting.
in extended use.1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 528/2 A golden scumble of October haze.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

scumblev.

/ˈskʌmb(ə)l/
Etymology: ? Frequentative < scum v.; compare quot. s.v. scumming adj.
1.
a. transitive. In Oil Painting. To soften or render less brilliant (the colours in a portion of a picture) by overlaying with a thin coat of opaque or semi-opaque colour; to spread or ‘drive’ (a colour) thinly over a portion of a picture in order to soften hard lines or blend the tints; to produce (an effect) by this process.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint > spread thin layer
scumble1798
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > modify tone > by thin layer of paint
glaze1622
scumble1866
1798 Trans. Soc. Arts 16 280 The artist then painted the lights with pure white..where the light was brightest..; and, where the demi-tints were afterwards to be, scumbling it thinner by degrees.
1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 234 Over that is scumbled thinly and smooth a warmer tint.
1866 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Painters II. 112 The hills and distant bay are scumbled into a mighty haze.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada x. 212 I'll scumble in a sunset effect.
1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xxi. 232 If ground colours are to be scumbled over they ought not to be full of strong and deep brush-marks.
b. absol.
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1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 336 (note) To scumble is to use partly opaque colours and white, in the same way [as in glazing].
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 11 M. Legros has in no single place permitted himself to scumble or retouch.
2. In Pencil Drawing, Chalk Drawing, or Monochrome Drawing. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > rub drawing
scumble1815
stump1861
1815 [see scumbling n. at Derivatives].
1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Scumbling..is produced by lightly rubbing the blunt point of the chalk over the surface, or spreading the harder lines by the aid of the stump.
3. transferred of natural effects.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)]
fordima1050
dima1300
indim?1520
pall1539
bedim1582
efisc1656
appale1686
defalcate1808
bedull1836
scumble1905
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > tone down
dilute1665
mellow1694
break1753
sadden1787
sober1843
degrade1844
disintensify1884
scumble1905
1905 J. H. McCarthy Dryad 92 More frequent clouds now scumbled the sky.
1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) vi. i. 227 The summer tan..would scumble, I knew, the liver spots on my temples.

Derivatives

ˈscumbled adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague
cloudyc1400
indeterminatec1400
diffuse1430
diffused?1456
obscure?a1475
infinite1520
ambiguous1529
indistincta1530
nubilous1533
dark1557
undetermined1588
undefinite1589
undeterminate1603
indetermined1611
undefined1611
suspense1624
umbrageous1635
clouded1641
undeterminated1641
fuliginous1646
implicit1660
vague1690
diffusive1709
nubilose1730
foggy1737
unliquidated1780
hazy1781
indecisive1815
nebulous1817
penumbral1819
aoristic1846
scumbled1868
nubiform1873
out-of-focus1891
fuzzy1937
soft focus1938
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > modified by thin coat
scumming1818
scumbled1868
overglaze1879
1868 R. Tyrwhitt Handbk. Pict. Art ii. v. 354 This system of covering the canvas with scumbled shade first and painting on the lights seems the best for a beginner.
1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck II. x. 280 Fancying they have got ‘atmosphere’ in dabs of grey and yellow, and..‘sunset’ in scumbled lakes and ochres.
1967 Listener 12 Jan. 48/3 A verb ‘to scumble’, which means to blur and soften the outlines. A great deal of our national life seems to me to be scumbled.
ˈscumbling n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint
glazing1706
scumbling1815
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure
clouding1654
scumbling1977
1815 R. Brown Princ. Pract. Perspective 76 Scumbling is giving a kind of rough shadow to trees, grass, gravel-walks, &c. in a drawing when it is nearly finished. It is performed with a brush having some dark colour in it, and nearly dry.
1816 J. Reynolds Char. Painters of Italy 113 A..description of the effect of glazing or scumbling, such as was practised by Titian.
1849 J. S. Templeton Guide Oil Painting (ed. 39) i. 44 By..scumbling is meant the driving opaque tints very thinly over parts that have already been painted.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 229 Scumbling..is used to modify certain portions of a picture which may require to be rendered cooler, greyer, and less definite.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 198 His light tints, the result of pearly scumblings, make his light pictures as luminous as his water-colour drawings.
1977 Times 19 Nov. 9/2 The confusion of the times..the scumbling of boundary lines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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