MACKLE

mackle

(noun) a printed impression that is blurred or doubled

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mackle (plural mackles)

Obsolete form of macule.

Verb

mackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)

Obsolete form of macule.

Source: Wiktionary


Mac`kle, n. Etym: [See Macle.]

Definition: Same Macule.

Mac"kle, v. t. & i.

Definition: To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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