Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scumble

Scumble , transitive verb

[Freq. of scum. r 158.]

(Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.