Definition of Mackle

1. Noun. A printed impression that is blurred or doubled.

Generic synonyms: Impression, Printing

Definition of Mackle

1. n. Same as Macule.

2. v. t. & i. To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.

Definition of Mackle

1. Noun. (obsolete) A blurred or double impression in printing. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mackle

1. to blur in printing [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mackle

mackinaw coats
mackinaw jacket
mackinaw jackets
mackinaw skiff
mackinaw skiffs
mackinaw trout
mackinaw trouts
mackinawed
mackinawite
mackinawites
mackinaws
macking
mackintosh
mackintoshed
mackintoshes
mackle (current term)
mackled
mackles
mackling
mackly
macks
macle
macled
macles
maclurea
maclureite
maclureites
maclurin
maco
macock

Literary usage of Mackle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Actor, born at Sander- land, September, 1777 ; died in London, July, 1822; son of mackle Emery (9.11. ..."

2. Cases on the Law of Suretyship by Crawford Dawes Hening (1911)
"cloths supplied by the plaintiff to mackle, and'that the name of the defendant ... was given for a debt due from mackle to plaintiff for other matters. ..."

3. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low (1901)
"00 mackle (CP)—With the Admiral of the Ocean Sea. Narrative of Firet Voyage to the Western World, mainly from Diary of Christopher Columbus. New ed. cr. ..."

4. Who's who in Finance and Banking by John William Leonard (1922)
"Sarah (Ferguson) mackle; ed. in public school» of Philadelphia and ... 1921, and now continued by a corporation under the name of mackle, Crouse Co. ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Action by the Hart & Crouse Company against the mackle Construction Company and ... mackle Construction Company, without joining the other defendants, ..."

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