2. Noun. A pattern of small spots ¹
3. Noun. ticking (the fabric) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speckling
1. speckle [v] - See also: speckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speckling
Literary usage of Speckling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"... on the outer half of the cell is some black speckling along the upper margin
of the median streak, somewhat less of the same 'speckling occurring along ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"Forewings slightly shining, pale yellowish-cinereous, with pale brownish-fuscous
speckling on the basal half, becoming less frequent beyond the middle and ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"The transparent speckling of the plate was owing to some of the excited molecules of
... If the bath contained any dust, speckling would ensue, as Ma. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"... with dark markings and dull white speckling, the neck and head clear gray with
a little white speckling ; crest dull brown with indistinct buff barring. ..."
5. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"... forehead whitish with black lines; occiput smoky-brown ; nuchal and cervical
feathers with very dark edging and shaft lines, and fine whitish speckling; ..."
6. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"... and you would think he has all the ravens in Ireland flying over his head,
and there are flakes of snow speckling the ground before him. ..."
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