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• mot|tled — «MOT uhld», adjective. spotted or streaked with different colors or shades; dappled; marbled …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• mottled — mot·tled (motґld) marked by spots or blotches of different colors or shades …   Medical dictionary

• mottled enamel — mot·tled enamel .mät əld n spotted tooth enamel typically caused by drinking water containing excessive fluorides during the time the teeth are calcifying * * * hypoplasia of the dental enamel caused by drinking water with a high fluoride content …   Medical dictionary

• mottled — mot|tled [ˈmɔtld US ˈma: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: mottle to mark with spots (17 21 centuries), probably from motley] covered with spots or coloured areas mottled with ▪ The book s pages were mottled with brown stains. ▪ His red, mottled… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mottled — mot|tled [ matld ] adjective covered with spots of light or dark colors of different shapes: a duck with mottled brown feathers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mottled enamel — mot′tled enam′el n. den fluorosis 2) • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• Mottled — Mot tled, a. [From {Motley}.] Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. The mottled meadows. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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