scramble or scumble?

[grip at netcom.com]

On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Andrew Dinn wrote:

> Craig Clark writes:
> 
> Re page 5 last para
> 
> > I confess not to having a copy of GR at hand, but isn't it 
> > "scumbled"? I remember being struck by the word on all my previous 
> > readings. Apparently it's an archaic word for shit.
> 
> Yes, it is `scumbled' which in tandem with `impasto' I found perfectly
> suggestive even though I had never seen the word before. I looked it
> up in my Concise OED at home and failed to find it. But my OED did
> include pixilated - don't know what happened to Don's.
> 

Scumble is in my dictionary. I recall looking it up a few years ago when 
I first read GR.

"modify (a painting) by applying a thin opaque coat of paint to give a 
softer or duller effect. modify a drawing similarly with light penciling, 
etc."

grip