speckle

3 definitions found

speckle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
                                                    --Spebser.
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  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.
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speckle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  speckle
      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]