Hypertext Webster Gateway: "speckle"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {spot}, {dapple}, {patch}, {fleck},
{maculation}]
v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: {stipple}]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: {bespeckle}]
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