Scumble (verb) (noun)
skum-bl
to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush. The effect produced by this technique.
1790–1800; perhaps equivalent to scum (v.) + -le, with intrusive b
Example sentences
“He used a dry brush and scumbled the area.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
