From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
--Spebser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speckle
n 1: 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, speckle, dapple,
patch, fleck, maculation]
v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: stipple, speckle]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle]