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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A blurred or double impression in printing.
  2. v. To blur or double (a printed impression).
  3. v. To become blurred.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A spot; specifically, in printing, a blemish in press-work made by a double impression, or by slipping or scraping, or by a wrinkle in the paper. Also macle, macule.
  2. To spot; maculate; blur; especially, in printing, to make a slipped, blurred, or double impression of. Also macule.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A blurred or double impression in printing.
  2. v. obsolete To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Same as macule.
  2. v. To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a printed impression that is blurred or doubled

Etymologies

  1. Middle English macule, spot, from Old French, from Latin macula. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I'd be in trouble for that! mackle says: nice to see that the site renders as intended on a PC ..”

    Planet GFMorris

  • “I've not actually seen it on one yet! mackle Looks just fine compared to how it looks on my Macs at home.”

    Planet GFMorris

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