mac|ule

mac|ule
mac|ule «MAK yool», noun, verb, -uled, -ul|ing.
–n.
1. a spot, stain, or blotch on the skin which is not raised above the surface.
2. = macula (def. 1). (Cf.macula)
3. Printing. mackle.
–v.t., v.i.
Printing. to mackle; make or become blurred.
[< Middle French macule, learned borrowing from Latin macula spot, stain]

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