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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
speckle
    n 1: 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, speckle, dapple,
         patch, fleck, maculation]
    v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
         [syn: stipple, speckle]
    2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
       spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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