mackle

3 definitions found

mackle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mackle \Mac"kle\, n. [See Macle.]
     Same as Macule.
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  Mackle \Mac"kle\, v. t. & i.
     To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a
     double impression.
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mackle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mackle
      n 1: a printed impression that is blurred or doubled