scumble

== English == === Alternative forms === scrumble === Etymology === Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskʌmbəl/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈskʊmbəl/ Rhymes: -ʌmbəl === Noun === scumble (countable and uncountable, plural scumbles) An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint). ==== Translations ==== === Verb === scumble (third-person singular simple present scumbles, present participle scumbling, simple past and past participle scumbled) To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller. 1987, Bernard MacLaverty, short story. "The Drapery Man" (published in The Great Profumo and Other Stories, Jonathan Cape, 1987) - p.35: "I want you to scumble the bottom third with sap green." 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. Coordinate term: veneer