speckle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: speckle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for speckle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation v produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" Synonym(s): stipple, speckle mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" Synonym(s): speckle, bespeckle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. --Spebser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.