SPECKLE
\spˈɛkə͡l], \spˈɛkəl], \s_p_ˈɛ_k_əl]\
Definitions of SPECKLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
By Princeton University
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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"
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produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A little speck or spot in anything different in substance or color from the thing itself.
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To mark with speckles.
By Daniel Lyons
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To besprinkle with spots.
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A speck.
By James Champlin Fernald
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