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STREAKED |
Mottled |
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DAPPLED |
Mottled |
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PINTO |
Mottled bean variety |
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MOTTLE |
A mottled appearance. |
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TORTOISESHELL |
Mottled cat or spectacles |
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VERD ANTIQUE |
A mottled-green serpentine marble. |
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SCRODDLED WARE |
Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently
colored clays. |
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MOTTLED |
Marked with spots of different colors; variegated;
spotted; as, mottled wood. |
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POECILITIC |
Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; --
said of certain rocks. |
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ROE |
A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in
mahogany. |
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PIEBALD |
Having spots and patches of black and white, or other
colors; mottled; pied. |
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CLOUDING |
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the
process of dyeing. |
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GRISEOUS |
Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown;
grizzled or grizzly. |
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PIGFOOT |
A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is
reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black. |
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AMBOYNA WOOD |
A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in
cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna,
Borneo, etc. |
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VIOLET-TIP |
A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia
interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and
brown and have violet tips. |
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CASTILE SOAP |
A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with
olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the
above-described soap. |
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CALAMBOUR |
A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or
mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than
calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers. |
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OPHITE |
A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene
has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called
from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance. |
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GROUSE |
...dies, strong,
well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes
the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet. ... |
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SERPENTINE |
...us
silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often
with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin.
Pre... |
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SCULPIN |
...hes of
the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with
sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with
ye... |
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MOCCASIN |
...ed with black; beneath, it is
brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is
Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, b... |
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VIZ-CACHA |
...us
trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is
soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white
... |
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MYRTLE |
...fumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully
mottled wood is used in turning. ... |