Mottled

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]:

  Mottled \Mot"tled\, a. [From {Motley}.]
     Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted;
     as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." --Drayton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mottled
       adj : having spots or patches of color [syn: {dappled}]

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

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "mottled":
     blotched, blotchy, brindled, calico, clouded, dapple, dappled,
     flecked, freckled, marbled, motley, multicolored, patchy,
     pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald, spattered,
     speckled, splashed, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, streaked,
     streaky, variegated