(v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
(v. t.) To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
(n.) Alt. of Stippling
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a 25-year history of normochromic normocytic anaemia with moderate basophilic stippling, mild renal failure, hyperuricaemia and abnormal porphyrins.
(2) Basophilic stippling and circulating nucleated red cells were not common findings in blood films.
(3) All of the cases exibited the classic form of osteopoikilosis with stippling.
(4) Seven of 100 (three bilateral, four unilateral) patients demonstrated rib stippling.
(5) We observed various macular pathologies in the form of macular stippling, retinal pigment epithelial defects, colloids & disciform lesions all in NIDDM patients, 70% of whom were uncontrolled on therapy.
(6) A distinct stippled pattern of vascular fluorescence was found in 87% of lesion biopsies; 75% of these contained deposits of IgA.
(7) We assumed, therefore, that there are two different ultrastructural forms of 3H-tryptophan containing extracellular enamel proteins and suggest that the granular or "stippled" form represents newly secreted precursor enamel protein.
(8) The "experimental" morphologic criteria were the presence of both basophilic stippling and either microcytosis or target cells.
(9) The calcification of the involved joints was more diffuse than the usual linear stippled calcification.
(10) The fish exposed to the highest lead concentration also showed an anemic response and basophilic stippling of erythrocytes.
(11) The second was a 16 months old Arabic boy without typical features but with a cataract and stippled calfications of a limited number of epiphysae.
(12) The neoplastic lymphoid cells consisted of either a monomorphous population or a variable mixture of small, medium-sized, and large cells with stippled chromatin and distinct nucleoli.
(13) In preameloblasts, on the other hand, the precipitates were located in mitochondria, nuclei, and on the inner face of the plasma membrane; however, few reaction products were observed in the intercellular spaces, lysosomelike granules, secretory granules, and stippled materials.
(14) Since the majority of transitional cell neoplasms have a papillary configuration, the stipple sign is highly suggestive of the presence of this lesion.
(15) In all three eyes, characteristic "stippling," or granularity, of the affected macula developed rapidly and vitreal cells were observed.
(16) Upon microscopic examination, any vaginal discharge with epithelial cells stippled with small coccobacilli indicated a possible Gardnerella vaginalis infection.
(17) To evaluate the mechanical or biochemical insult to the cornea induced by overnight rigid gas permeable (RGP) or soft contact lens (SCL) wear, punctate, stipple staining and corneal blotting were evaluated by biomicroscopy in a group of 23 subjects who participated in a single overnight in-laboratory test session.
(18) Fan-shaped stippled burns were produced on the skin when a revolver whose barrel had been modified by the Mag-Na-Port process was fired twice with the side of the muzzle in contact.
(19) The phalangeal anomaly is very important for the diagnosis of chondrodysplasia punctata at an age when epiphyseal stippling is no longer present.
(20) On computed tomographic scanning, an iso-or high-density mass containing stippled calcifications and originating in a posterior cervical neural arch was observed in all three cases.
Tipple
Definition:
(v. i.) To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.
(v. t.) To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
(v. t.) To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
(n.) Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Example Sentences:
(1) Everyone knows that Father Christmas’s tipple of choice is brandy, so Santa, if you’re reading this, we recommend you pause in The Flask on Highgate West Hill for a quick snifter.
(2) They’re cracking open the baijiu ,” said John Delury, a China expert from Yonsei University in Seoul, referring to China’s throat-scorching national tipple.
(3) Since Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from middle ear effusions of neonates with natally acquired chlamydial infection (Tipple et al., 1979), there have been several studies to detect chlamydia in older children with chronic secretory otitis media, mainly by tissue culture.
(4) The taoiseach promised that he would open it up and enjoy a tipple on the day Ireland exited the IMF-EU bailout .
(5) The British gin industry had a record-breaking year in 2015 after 49 new distilleries opened their doors and and consumers spent nearly £1bn on their favourite tipple.
(6) A study earlier this year on the wine ingredient resveratrol now suggests the tipple may not hold the secret of why countries such as France have such a low incidence of heart disease.
(7) Mocotó is also a cachaçaria , selling more than 500 cachaças – a tipple often associated with poor people and drunks – from all over the country.
(8) Good news, obviously, but isn't Baileys a bit of a, well, girls' tipple?
(9) Describing the whisky duty freeze as Osborne's "referendum tipple," Swinney said: "The £63m added to the Scottish budget today is small beer compared to the significant cuts Scotland has faced since 2010.
(10) The trend has been attributed to factors including pub prices comparing unfavourably with the cost of alcohol in supermarkets and changing cultural habits, with more people entertaining and sharing a tipple at home.
(11) Photograph: PR The forward galley’s catering facilities have wine glasses for an in-flight tipple while the bathroom includes a shower and a vacuum lavatory.
(12) On the day his death was announced, Hardee's friends and family converged on the Wibbly Wobbly to pour a measure of his favourite tipple, rum and Coke, into the river where he felt so at home.
(13) Order a flight of pisco (from £3.45) or a round of pisco sours (from £3.25 each) and decide for yourself which country’s tipple tickles your fancy.
(14) My tipple was mostly white wine, and I probably drank, on average, a bottle a night – more at the weekends.
(15) Basque wine or cider are the classic tipples, but Atari also mixes killer gin and tonics.
(16) But after word spread about her sake venture, Sasaki quickly found herself running out of stock as old neighbours and new customers indulged their love of her cloudy, slightly fizzy tipple.
(17) Californian online retailer Wines that Rock, responsible for the Rolling Stones' Forty Licks Merlot and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon, has collaborated with a Bordeaux vineyard to develop a tipple giving a nod to the clarets favoured by the English aristocracy in the Edwardian era.
(18) "No regrets," she asserts haughtily, knocking back a glass of rakija , the local tipple.
(19) But you might want to try another tipple after hearing the case of a 47-year-old woman, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), who developed brittle bones and lost all of her teeth after drinking too much tea .
(20) It was the working man’s tipple and in the early 20th century there were more than 1,000 pulquerías in Mexico City.