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Tippled
(gcide) | Tippled \Tip"pled\, a.
Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] --Dryden.
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Tippled
(gcide) | Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tippling.] [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf.
Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a
draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small
parts. See Tip a point, and cf. Tipsy.]
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge
in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors;
especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but
without absolute drunkeness.
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Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and
those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple
in alehouses than to pace the streets. --Macaulay.
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stippled
(encz) | stippled, adj: |
dotted flecked specked speckled stippled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Stippled
(gcide) | 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.
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stippled
(wn) | stippled
adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked,
specked, speckled, stippled] |
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