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verb (used with object)
3.
to mark with or as with speckles.
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Speckle
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Word Origin & History
speckle
c.1400 (implied in speckled), probably related to O.E. specca "small spot, speck" (see speck) or from a related M.Du. or M.H.G. word. The noun is first attested c.1440.
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