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mottle

  (mŏt'l) pronunciation
tr.v., -tled, -tling, -tles.

To mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors.

n.
  1. A spot or blotch of color.
  2. A variegated pattern, as on marble.

[Probably back-formation from MOTLEY.]

mottler mot'tler n.
 
 

1. Splotchy pattern that can be printed on paper, usually in a single color of ink, for an aesthetic effect. It can be created manually by applying ink to paper with a sponge.

2. Splotchy pattern on a printed image caused by some error in the printing process.

 
Thesaurus: mottle

verb

    To mark with many small spots: bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, pepper, speck, speckle, sprinkle, stipple. See marks.

 
Architecture: mottle


1. The pattern or arrangement of spots and cloudings forming a mottled surface, esp. in marble, or in wood veneer as a result of unusual variation in fiber growth or fiber arrangement. Also see fiddleback, quilted figure, blister figure. 2. See mottling.


 
Translations: Translations for: Mottle

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre broget/spraglet
n. - brogethed, spraglethed

Nederlands (Dutch)
vlek, vlekkenpatroon, vlekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - marbrer, tacher
n. - tache, marbrure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sprenkelung, Fleck
v. - sprenkeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κηλίδα, πιτσιλιά, στίγμα
v. - διαστίζω

Italiano (Italian)
chiazza, chiazzare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mancha colorida (f)
v. - mosquear

Русский (Russian)
крапинка, пятнистая окраска, испещрять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - manchar, jaspear, abigarrar
n. - mancha, pinta, veta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fläck, spräcklighet
v. - fläckig, marmorerad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
使成杂色, 使有斑点, 杂色, 斑点

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成雜色, 使有斑點
n. - 雜色, 斑點

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 얼룩을 붙이다
n. - 얼룩

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 斑, 斑点, ぶち, まだら
v. - 斑点を付ける, まだらにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ترقيطه, تقليمه (فعل) يرقط, يقلم, يلون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גיוון בכתמים, נימר‬
n. - ‮מערך לא מסודר של כתמי/טלאי צבע, כתם/טלאי צבע‬


 
 

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