the gray stone parapet, mottled with the green and gold of innumerable mosses (Mrs. Humphry Ward).
SYNONYM(S): dapple.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; … English syllables
mot — anas·to·mot·ic; an·e·mot·ro·pism; bath·mot·ro·pism; ber·ga·mot; bur·ga·mot; che·mot·ic; che·mot·ro·pism; chro·mot·ro·pism; com·mot; cy·mot·ri·chous; de·mot·ist; des·mot·ro·pism; ge·mot; guil·le·mot; he·mot·ro·phe; ho·mot·ro·pous; mar·mot;… … English syllables
mottle — mot·tle … English syllables
mottlement — mot·tle·ment … English syllables
mottle — mot•tle [[t]ˈmɒt l[/t]] v. tled, tling, n. 1) to mark with spots or blotches of different colors or shades 2) such a spot or blotch of color 3) mottled coloring or pattern • Etymology: 1670–80; prob. from motley … From formal English to slang
mottle — Fine inhomogeneity of an area of generally uniform opacity on a photograph or radiograph; noise. [fr. motley, fr. M.E. mot, speck] quantum m. m. caused by the statistical fluctuation of the number of photons absorbed by the intensifying screens… … Medical dictionary
Mottle — Mot tle, n. A mottled appearance. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mottle — Mot tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mottled — Mottle Mot tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mottling — Mottle Mot tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
