Speckle

3 definitions found

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

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speckle
       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" [syn: {spot}, {dapple}, {patch}, {fleck},
            {maculation}]
       v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
            [syn: {stipple}]
       2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
          spots" [syn: {bespeckle}]