Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
mackle . - noun In pathol., same as
macula .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A spot.
- noun (Print.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
- transitive verb To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See
mackle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
spot . - noun A
blur , or anappearance of adouble impression , as when thepaper slips a little. - verb printing To
blur ; especially to blur ordouble animpression fromtype .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
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We believe that Jesus Christ, being the wisdom of God and his eternal Son, has put on our flesh, so as to be God and man in one person; man, like unto us, capable of suffering in body and sinon en tant qu'il a ete pur de toute macule.
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I can't imagine that "murenger" and "macule" leapt unbidden from his wordhoard.
The Valve Jonathan Goodwin 2010
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It. He hoped, therefore, dietr Lordfliips would give the fub« je& every poflible degree of macule and deliberate confidera - tion againft Thurfday next.
The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates that Have Occured in the Two ... 1797
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