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Definition of Mottle

1. 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"

2. Verb. Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.

3. Verb. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.

Definition of Mottle

1. v. t. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

2. n. A mottled appearance.

Definition of Mottle

1. Verb. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. ¹

2. Noun. a distinguishing blotch of color ¹

3. Noun. mottled coloration or pattern ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mottle

1. to mark with spots or streaks of different colors [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Medical Definition of Mottle

1. Fine inhomogeneity of an area of generally uniform opacity on a photograph or radiograph; noise. Origin: fr. Motley, fr. M.E. Mot, speck (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mottle

motory motour motrix mots motser motsers motte motte and bailey motted mottes

motti mottier mottiest mottis mottle (current term) mottled mottled duck mottled ducks mottled enamel mottled mallard

mottled mallards mottler mottlers mottles mottling mottlings motto mottoed mottoes

Literary usage of Mottle

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

1. American Soaps: A Complete Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap, with Special by Henry Gathmann (1893)
"A smaller mottle results if the soap is somewhat sharper and contains somewhat more water, provided again that sufficient- foreign salts are also present. ..."

2. The Soap Maker's Handbook of Materials, Processes and Receipts for Every by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, F. Wiltner (1912)
"etc., contained in the soap passing into the mottle. Such soap when cut shows a more or less mottled appearance. To make the mottle more pronounced, ..."

3. The American Stud Book by Sanders Dewees Bruce (1889)
"mottle, bm—Continued. Produce—1888, ch. f. by Joe Daniele. 1888, — by imported Sir Modred. Jas. ... mottle ..."

4. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"Mosaic, Calico or mottle Top.—The cause of this disease is still somewhat uncertain. The leaves of the diseased plants show dark and light areas and ..."

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