mottle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mottle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mottle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mottle n an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" v mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained Synonym(s): mottle, streak, blotch colour with streaks or blotches of different shades Synonym(s): mottle, dapple, cloud
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mottle \Mot"tle\, n. A mottled appearance.