SCUMBLES
- to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color applied with a nearly dry brush
- apply (a color) in this manner
- soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
- SCUMBLE, to soften the outlines or colors of by rubbing lightly [v]
- SCUMBLE, to soften the outlines by rubbing lightly [v]