'Speckle' definitions:

Definition of 'speckle'

From: WordNet
noun
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]
verb
Produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees" [syn: stipple, speckle]
verb
Mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle]

Definition of 'Speckle'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. --Spebser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Speckle'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]