'Mottle' definitions:

Definition of 'mottle'

(from WordNet)
noun
An irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
verb
Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch]
verb
Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud]

Definition of 'Mottle'

From: GCIDE
  • Mottle \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]

Definition of 'Mottle'

From: GCIDE
  • Mottle \Mot"tle\, n. A mottled appearance. [1913 Webster]

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