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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
scumble .
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Examples
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Did some overzealous conservator remove some blue scumbles or glazes?
Daybreak Blues James Gurney 2009
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My idea is to add some freeform scumbles over the top in a riot of colours but just tiny bits here and there.
Saturday night fever ambermoggie 2005
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My idea is to add some freeform scumbles over the top in a riot of colours but just tiny bits here and there.
Archive 2005-11-01 ambermoggie 2005
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There, among them all, the painter bends over his canvas seeking to perfect the glazes and scumbles of his pearly tints, or trying to realize some dream of a face that haunts his fancy with its exquisite smile.
Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady 1887
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When I discovered the early watercolors at the Farnsworth about 10 years ago I stood right up to the surface of these paintings to see all the washes and brush scumbles and tears and splatters.
Mary Richmond Design 2009
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