mackle

(mak′əl)

noun

Origin: Fr macule < L macula, a spot, stain

transitive verb, intransitive verb mackled, mackling

Printing to print blurred or double; blur

See mackle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A blurred or double impression in printing.

verb mack·led also mac·uled, mack·ling also mac·ul·ing, mack·les also mac·ules

verb, transitive

To blur or double (a printed impression).

verb, intransitive

To become blurred.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English macule, spot

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin macula

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