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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speckle \Spec"kle\, n. [Dim. of speck; cf D. spikkel.]
A little or spot in or anything of a different substance or
color from that of the thing itself
An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
--Spebser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speckle \Spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Speckled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Speckling}.]
To mark with small spots of a different color from that of
the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a
different color from the ground or surface.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
speckle
n : a small contrasting part of something "a bald spot"; "a
leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red"
[syn: {spot}, {dapple}, {patch}, {fleck}, {maculation}]
v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: {stipple}]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: {bespeckle}]
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