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Webster 1913 Edition

Dapple

Dap′ple

,
Noun.
[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.

Dap′ple

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
The
dappled
pink and blushing rose.
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dapple

DAP'PLE

,
Adj.
Marked with spots; spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of color, as a dapple-bay or dapple-gray; applied to a horse or other beast. It may sometimes express streaked, but this is not its true signification.

DAP'PLE

,
Verb.
T.
To spot; to variegate with spots.
The gentle day dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
The dapples pink, and blushing rose. Prior.

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