speckling

Variant of speckle

speckle definition

speckle (spek′əl)

noun

a small mark of contrasting color; speck

Etymology: ME spakle, dim. of specke, speck

transitive verb speckled -·led, speckling -·ling

to mark with speckles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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