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Dapple Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dapple? [n] a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [v] colour with streaks or blotches of different shades Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dapple: cloud \| fleck \| maculation \| mottle \| patch \| speckle \| spot Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dapple: acier \| ashen \| ashy \| band \| bar \| bespangle \| bespeckle \| bespot \| birthmark \| blaze \| blaze a trail \| blemish \| blotch \| brand \| brindled \| calico \| canescent \| caste mark \| chalk \| chalk up \| check \| check off \| checker \| checkmark \| cicatrix \| cicatrize \| cinereous \| cinerous \| clouded \| cut \| dappled \| dappled-gray \| dappledness \| dapple-gray \| dappleness \| dash \| define \| delimit \| demarcate \| dingy \| discolor \| discoloration \| dismal \| dot \| dotted \| dottedness \| dove-colored \| dove-gray \| dreary \| dull \| dusty \| earmark \| engrave \| engraving \| flake \| flea-bitten \| fleck \| flecked \| flick \| freckle \| freckliness \| gash \| glaucescent \| glaucous \| graving \| gray \| gray-black \| gray-brown \| gray-colored \| gray-drab \| grayed \| gray-green \| grayish \| gray-spotted \| gray-toned \| gray-white \| griseous \| grizzle \| grizzled \| grizzly \| hack \| harlequin \| hatch \| impress \| imprint \| iris \| iron-gray \| jot \| leaden \| lead-gray \| lentigo \| line \| livid \| macula \| maculate \| maculation \| macule \| make a mark \| marble \| marbled \| marbleize \| mark \| mark off \| mark out \| marking \| mole \| motley \| mottle \| mottled \| mottledness \| mouse-colored \| mouse-gray \| mousy \| nevus \| nick \| notch \| paint \| patch \| pearl \| pearl-gray \| pearly \| pencil \| pepper \| pepper-and-salt \| piebald \| pied \| pinto \| point \| pointillage \| pointillism \| polka dot \| polychrome \| polychromize \| prick \| print \| punch \| punctuate \| puncture \| Quaker-colored \| rainbow \| riddle \| sad \| scar \| scarification \| scarify \| score \| scotch \| scratch \| scratching \| seal \| seam \| silver \| silvered \| silver-gray \| silvery \| skewbald \| slate-colored \| slaty \| smoke-gray \| smoky \| sober \| somber \| spangle \| speck \| speckle \| speckled \| speckliness \| splash \| splotch \| spot \| spotted \| spottedness \| spottiness \| sprinkle \| stain \| stamp \| steel-gray \| steely \| stigma \| stigmatize \| stipple \| stippledness \| stippling \| stone-colored \| strawberry mark \| streak \| striate \| stripe \| stud \| tattoo \| tattoo mark \| taupe \| tessellate \| tick \| tick off \| tittle \| trace \| underline \| underscore \| variegate \| vein \| watermark See Also \| harlequin \| macula \| macule \| marking \| nebula \| pinpoint \| plaque \| speck \| speckle \| spot \| stipple Dapple In Webster's Dictionary \Dap"ple\, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] 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. \Dap"ple\, Dappled \Dap"pled\, a. 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. \Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dappling}.] 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.

Dapple Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dapple?

[n] a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
[v] colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Dapple In Webster's Dictionary

\Dap"ple\, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with
spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.]
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.


\Dap"ple\, Dappled \Dap"pled\, a.
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.


\Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dappling}.]
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.

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