scumble

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint).
2. verb To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
3. verb To apply a painted pattern to the finish of a piece of furniture to simulate the woodgrain of another timber, as for example to give pine an appearance of oak.

   scumbled pine

Similar words

glaze scum scrunge skum splodge grout scramb blodge scraffito slip

Often followed by

glaze of and over is glazes in the to

Word family

scumbled scumbles scumbling