dapple

1. n. One of the spots on a dappled animal. Source: opted

2. a. Alt. of Dappled Source: opted

3. v. t. To variegate with spots; to spot. Source: opted

4. n. a small contrasting part of something Source: wordnet

5. v. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

8. n:16/v:84 n a small contrasting part of something v colour with streaks or blotches of different shades Source: ecdict

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