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Maculation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACULA'TION, n. The act of spotting a spot; a stain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation]
2: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining, spotting, maculation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. archaic the state of being spotted 2. a. a blemish in the form of a discrete spot <acne scars and maculations> b. the arrangement of spots and markings on an animal or plant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Maculation Mac"u*la"tion, n. [L. maculatio.] The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. --Shak.