Meaning of SPECKLE
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- [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"
- [v] mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
- [v] produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
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| | Synonyms: | | bespeckle, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, spot, stipple |
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| | See Also: | | blob, blot, cloud, dapple, fleck, macula, macule, marking, mottle, nebula, pinpoint, plaque, speck, spot | |
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\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.
\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.
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