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bespeckle, v.|bɪˈspɛk(ə)l|
[f. be- 1 + speckle v.]
To speckle over, to variegate with specks or spots. Hence beˈspeckled ppl. a., beˈspecklement.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 340 The colour yellowish, but bespeckled on the sides with blew spots. 1641Milton Ch. Discip. i. Wks. (1851) 23 They..bespecckl'd her with all the gaudy allurements of a Whore. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. vi. §15. V. 76 A Translation..everywhere bespeckled with hard words. 1860Encycl. Brit. XXI. 976/2 Minute black points..bespeckle the anterior extremity. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 631 [They] threw the white foam from their bits..to the bespecklement of the groom's hat and coat. |