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speckle |
3 definitions found 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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