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tippling
(encz) | tippling, |
Tippling
(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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stippling
(encz) | stippling,tečkování n: Zdeněk Brož |
tippling
(encz) | tippling, |
Stippling
(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.
[1913 Webster] StippleStipple \Stip"ple\, Stippling \Stip"pling\, n. (Engraving)
A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or
small points instead of lines.
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2. (Paint.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint
is produced by many small touches.
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Tippling-house
(gcide) | Tippling-house \Tip"pling-house`\, n.
A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small
quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
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TIPPLING HOUS
(bouvier) | TIPPLING HOUSE. A place where spirituous liquors are sold and drunk in
violation of law. Sometimes the mere selling is considered as evidence of
keeping a tippling house.
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