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Meaning of MACULATION

Pronunciation:  `makyu'leyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of spotting or staining something
  2. [n]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot, spotting, staining
 
 See Also: dirtying, macula, macule, marking, nebula, pinpoint, plaque, soiling, soilure, speck

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.]
The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. --Shak.
 

 

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