What does "speckle" mean?
Speckle: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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