spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
(noun) 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”
speckle, bespeckle
(verb) mark with small spots; “speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots”
stipple, speckle
(verb) produce a mottled effect; “The sunlight stippled the trees”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
speckle (countable and uncountable, plural speckles)
A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
(physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
(Scotland) Kind; sort.
(cytology) A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus
speckle (third-person singular simple present speckles, present participle speckling, simple past and past participle speckled)
To mark with speckles.
Source: Wiktionary
Spec"kle, n. Etym: [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.]
Definition: 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.
Spec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
