Definition of "stippling" []

• Present participle of stipple. (verb)
• A stippled pattern. (noun)

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• "In the preliminary hearing for Cara Cottle, 31, evidence from Smiler's autopsy revealed that one of his hands had gunpowder residue and "stippling," indicating that his hand was near the muzzle of the rifle that killed him."
• "Antonio was the inventor of the method of "stippling," as the finishing with minute points of colour is technically called, which was brought to such perfection by Clovio and his scholars and imitators."
• "Magoch's autopsy report listed possible "stippling," or gunshot residue, on the skin beneath Magoch's left sideburn where the bullet entered."