Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 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.