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Webster 1913 Edition

Speckle

Spec′kle

,
Noun.
[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.
An huge great serpent, all with
speckles
pied.
Spebser.

Spec′kle

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Speckle

SPECK'LE

,
Noun.
A little spot in any thing, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

SPECK'LE

,
Verb.
T.
To mark with small spots of a different color; used chiefly in the participle passive, which see.

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