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mackle

[ mak-uhl ]

noun

  1. a blur in printing, as from a double impression.

verb (used with or without object)

, mack·led, mack·ling.
  1. to blur, as from a double impression in printing.

mackle

1

/ ˈmækjuːl; ˈmækəl /

noun

  1. printing a double or blurred impression caused by shifting paper or type

mackle

2

/ ˈmækəl /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to mend hurriedly or in a makeshift way

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mackle1

1585–95; variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule macule

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mackle1

C16: via French from Latin macula spot, stain

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