- mot|tling
- mot|tling «MOT lihng», noun.mottled coloring.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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mot|tle — «MOT uhl», verb, tled, tling, noun. –v.t. to mark with spots or streaks of different colors or shades: »the gray stone parapet, mottled with the green and gold of innumerable mosses (Mrs. Humphry Ward). SYNONYM(S): dapple. –n. 1. a mottled… … Useful english dictionary
mottling — An area of skin composed of macular lesions of varying shades or colors. [E. motley, variegated in color] * * * mot·tling (motґling) a condition of spotting with patches of color … Medical dictionary
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
subtitle — sub•ti•tle [[t]ˈsʌbˌtaɪt l[/t]] n. v. tled, tling 1) lit. a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usu. of explanatory character 2) lit. a repetition of the leading words in the full title of a book at the head of the first page of… … From formal English to slang
