transitive (with surface, etc., as object). To strew with a multitude of (isolated) small objects or figures of the same kind; to ornament with…

transitive. To sprinkle (anything) over. with spots or patches of colouring: To speckle.

transitive (chiefly in passive). To stick full of or set with pointed objects or points; (hence) to stud, mark, or dot with something. Also figurative…

transitive. Chiefly with with. To cover lightly with small specks or spots of a particular colour. Chiefly in passive.

transitive. To speckle.

transitive. To mark with, or as with, speckles; to cover or dot (a surface, etc.) after the manner of speckles.

transitive. To mark with specks; to dot after the manner of specks.

transitive. To cover (a surface) with numerous small spots or objects, as with grains of pepper (usually in passive). Also: (of small objects or…

transitive (a) To sprinkle with powder; to powder, dust; esp. to powder (the face) with a cosmetic; (b) to sprinkle with specks, spots, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To cover with freckles or spots.

transitive. To mark with spots or freckles; to dapple.

transferred in reference to natural processes or effects resembling this kind of painting or engraving.

transitive. To mark with points or dots. Chiefly in passive: (Biology) to be marked with small circular punctures, or depressions resembling…

transitive. Of a number of similar things: to occur at intervals throughout (an area) or over (a surface).

transitive. To tattoo (a person or a part of the body). Now rare.

To speckle over, to variegate with specks or spots.

transitive. To sprinkle, cover, or set with, or as if with, prickles or points. Chiefly poetic.

To mark with small ticks or spots of colour. (But cf. ticked, adj.1, ticking, n.1 3.)