Thesaurus: dapple

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1. n. One of the spots on a dappled animal.
2. a. Alt. of Dappled
3. v. t. To variegate with spots; to spot.
4. n. a small contrasting part of something
5. v. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
6. One of the spots on a dappled animal. He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. Sir P. Sidney. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray. His steed was all dapple-gray. Chaucer. O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. Sir W. Scott. To variegate with spots; to spot. The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.
7. One of the spots on a dappled animal.He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples.Sir P. Sidney.
8. n:16/v:84 n a small contrasting part of something v colour with streaks or blotches of different shades