Mottle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mottle \Mot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.]
     To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as
     if stained; to spot; to maculate.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mottle \Mot"tle\, n.
     A mottled appearance.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mottle
       v 1: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of
            color as if stained [syn: {streak}, {blotch}]
       2: colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: {dapple},
           {cloud}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "mottle":
     band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, birthmark, blaze,
     blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, caste mark, chalk, chalk up,
     check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix, cicatrize, cut,
     dapple, dappledness, dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate,
     discolor, discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, engrave,
     engraving, flake, fleck, flick, freckle, freckliness, gash,
     graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, iris, jot,
     lentigo, line, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark,
     marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, mole, motley,
     mottledness, nevus, nick, notch, patch, pencil, pepper, point,
     pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize,
     prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle, scar,
     scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal,
     seam, spangle, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splotch, spot,
     spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma,
     stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark,
     streak, striate, stripe, stud, tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate,
     tick, tick off, tittle, trace, underline, underscore, variegate,
     vein, watermark