(mark with spots)
51dapples — dap·ple || dæpl v. mark with spots or patches; be marked with spots n. spot, patch; patch of colour; patch of light …
52dappling — dap·ple || dæpl v. mark with spots or patches; be marked with spots n. spot, patch; patch of colour; patch of light …
53dapple — v. & n. v. 1 tr. mark with spots or rounded patches of colour or shade. 2 intr. become marked in this way. n. 1 a dappled effect. 2 a dappled animal, esp. a horse. Phrases and idioms: dapple grey 1 (of an animal s coat) grey or white with darker… …
54splotch — n. stain, spot v. mark with spots or stains; cause spots or stains; have a tendency to stain or spot …
55splotched — n. stain, spot v. mark with spots or stains; cause spots or stains; have a tendency to stain or spot …
56splotches — n. stain, spot v. mark with spots or stains; cause spots or stains; have a tendency to stain or spot …
57splotching — n. stain, spot v. mark with spots or stains; cause spots or stains; have a tendency to stain or spot …
58fleck — [n] spot, pinpoint mark bit, dot, mite, mote, patch, pinpoint, speck, speckle, stipple, streak, stripe; concepts 284,831 fleck [v] mark with spots bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, dust, maculate, mottle, speckle, stipple, streak, variegate;… …
59mot|tle — «MOT uhl», verb, tled, tling, noun. –v.t. to mark with spots or streaks of different colors or shades: »the gray stone parapet, mottled with the green and gold of innumerable mosses (Mrs. Humphry Ward). SYNONYM(S): dapple. –n. 1. a mottled… …
60Mottle — Mot tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. [1913 Webster] …
