Associations to the word «Mottling»

Wiktionary

MOTTLE, verb. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
MOTTLE, noun. A distinguishing blotch of color
MOTTLE, noun. Mottled coloration or pattern

Dictionary definition

MOTTLE, noun. An irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green".
MOTTLE, verb. Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
MOTTLE, verb. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne