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Speckle definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPECK'LE, n. A little spot in any thing, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
SPECK'LE, v.t. To mark with small spots of a different color; used chiefly in the participle passive, which see.

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] v
1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" [syn: stipple, speckle]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English specca Date: 15th century a little speck (as of color) II. transitive verb (speckled; speckling) Date: 15th century 1. to mark with speckles 2. to be distributed in or on like speckles

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a small spot, mark, or stain, esp. in quantity on the skin, a bird's egg, etc. --v.tr. (esp. as speckled adj.) mark with speckles or patches. Etymology: ME f. MDu. spekkel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.