mottlen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒtl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑd(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s motle, 1600s mottel, 1800s– mottle.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mottle v.

Etymology: < mottle v. Compare mottle adj., mottled adj. Perhaps compare also motley n.

1. Any of the spots, patches, or blotches which together produce a mottled effect on a surface. Usually in plural.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > mottle

mottle1676

1676 London Gaz. No. 1143/4 A little motled Bitch, with yellow motles from head to toe.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1847/8 Her marks are black Mottels upon all her Legs and Nose.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. vi. 244 Is the rouge off my face? It is rather in streaks and mottles.

1855 R. Browning Epist. Karshish 47 There's a spider here..Sprinkled with mottles on an ash-grey back.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways vi. ix. 240 Against the black sky, blue ice stars shone as thick as mottles on a trout.

1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries i. 25 It [sc. the stone] comes in two colors, a light buff mixed with brown, and (my favorite) a pale gray with darker gray mottles.

2. An irregular arrangement of spots, patches, or blotches of colour forming a mottled surface; the pattern or effect produced by such an arrangement.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > mottle > arrangement or appearance

spattling1611

mottling1839

mottle1858

peacock mottle1924

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 173 The effect..is to give a beautiful mottle to the [gun] barrel.

1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 424/1 The mottle of these woods has very little variety.

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 136 His chest and flanks were a mottle of bruises.

1929 I. V. A. Stanislaus Amer. Soap Maker's Guide xv. 330 By the soap becoming heated crystallization takes place and the grain and mottle are formed.., all the impurities and coloring matter..passing into the mottle.

1972 Modelworld Oct. 72 Apply additional camouflage in the form of a mottle over the areas directly below the two uppersurface colours.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 57/2 Regularly sloughing off large flakes of old bark, to leave a mottle of pale green, yellow and fawn underbark.

†3. A kind of woollen yarn of two or more intermingled colours. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > variegated

mélange?1881

mottle?1881

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 146 Mottle Winder—Carpet, rug manuf.

1886 Daily News 20 Sept. 2/4 An active demand continues in twofold yarns, in mottles, and melanges.

1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 2/6 A variety of yarns, including lustres, mottles, and mélanges.

4. Botany. A pattern of leaf chlorosis consisting of indistinct yellow and pale-green blotches, esp. as a symptom of viral disease; any of various plant diseases characterized by this symptom. Frequently attributive, esp. in the names of plant diseases and their causative viruses.

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1916 L. J. Briggs et al. in Jrnl. Agric. Res. 6 738 Mottle-leaf of Citrus trees is characterized by the disappearance of chlorophyll from parts of the leaf... No organism has yet been proved to be casually associated with mottle-leaf.

1928 C. E. Owen Princ. Plant Pathol. 548 The symptoms secured on tobacco plants in this manner were ‘mottle’, ‘spot-necrosis’ and ‘ring-spot’.

1946 Nature 9 Nov. 663/2 The virus strain used produced a bright yellow interveinal mottle in the tomato.

1949 F. A. Gilbert Mineral Nutrition of Plants & Animals 71 ‘Mottle leaf’ of citrus, pecan ‘rosette’, and ‘little leaf’ or ‘rosette’ of fruit trees are well-known diseases found to be caused by a lack of this element [sc. zinc].

1971 Country Life 18 Feb. 381/1 Ringspot, Mottle and Vein Mottle are only three of the viruses afflicting carnations.

1994 New Scientist 2 Apr. 15/2 Each of their cells expressed a segment of RNA from the cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mottleadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒtl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑd(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s motle, 1600s mottel, 1800s– mottle.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mottle v.

Etymology: < mottle v. Compare mottle n., mottled adj. Perhaps compare also motley adj.

= mottled adj. Chiefly in parasynthetic compounds, as mottle-faced, mottle-leaved, etc., adjs.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > mottled

marled1502

gangean1623

mottle1676

mottled1676

scovy1777

mottledy1929

1676 London Gaz. No. 1153/4 A light gray Gelding,..motle Nosed.

1678 London Gaz. No. 1308/4 Lost..a..Spaniel Dog, belonging to His Majesty, his legs and nose mottel.

1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 628/2 Ascribing to that mottle-faced luminary [sc. the moon], the changes of the weather, the growth of potatoes, and the shrinking of boiled beef.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 2 One mottle-legged, chubby-cheeked boy.

1925 I. Irwin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 1 Montjoy himself, big-nosed, mottle-faced, dull-eyed, the puce of his suit the exact shade of his hard cheeks.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 509/1 The liver weighed 4300g and grossly had a mottle appearance.

1991 Pract. Gardening Dec. 13/1 The mottle-leaved honeysuckle Lonicera japonica ‘Aureo Reticulata’, vinca and clematis ‘Jackmanii’ are used to hang over walls and creep among the plants in the raised bed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mottlev.

Brit.

/ˈmɒtl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: motley v.

Etymology: Shortened < motley v. (compare quot. 1602 at motley v.); perhaps later reinforced by apprehension of motley v. as a derivative of the present word.

transitive. To mark or dapple with spots, patches, or blotches; to variegate, to give or impart a mottled appearance to. Frequently in passive. Also figurative.Soap-making: to impart a mottled appearance to (soap) by the addition of chemicals.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > mark with patches [verb (transitive)] > mottle

to muddle over1596

mottle1602

spattle1611

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > soap-making > make soap [verb (transitive)] > specific processes

mottle1862

plot1885

settle1906

1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. ii. 319 Fieldes which beene Fresh and greene, Mottled with Spring's flowry painting.

1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 497 Whene'er he [sc. the sun] mottles o'er his new-born Light, Or masks in Clouds, or half retires from Sight, Suspect the Show'r.

1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 12 Light brown, beautifully mottled with dark brown.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xv. 175 Her placid beams..Mottle with mazy shades the orchard slope.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 204 Our national idiom has been mottled by foreign neologisms.

1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 271 Marseilles and Castile soaps..are mottled by the addition of green vitriol and sulphuretted lye.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 218 In youth her cheeks had been of cream and roses, but they were mottled now by middle age.

1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 4/3 The fact is that the promoters of fluoridation expect it to mottle teeth.

1987 B. Moore Colour of Blood vii. 50 Prisbek's skin was mottled with eczema.

2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 475 And that's how al rememba Roger; scruffy,..weasel-faced, arms mottled wiv track marks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1676

adj.1676

v.1602

单词	mottle
释义	mottlen. Brit. /ˈmɒtl/, U.S. /ˈmɑd(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s motle, 1600s mottel, 1800s– mottle. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mottle v. Etymology: < mottle v. Compare mottle adj., mottled adj. Perhaps compare also motley n. 1. Any of the spots, patches, or blotches which together produce a mottled effect on a surface. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > mottle mottle1676 1676 London Gaz. No. 1143/4 A little motled Bitch, with yellow motles from head to toe. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1847/8 Her marks are black Mottels upon all her Legs and Nose. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. vi. 244 Is the rouge off my face? It is rather in streaks and mottles. 1855 R. Browning Epist. Karshish 47 There's a spider here..Sprinkled with mottles on an ash-grey back. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways vi. ix. 240 Against the black sky, blue ice stars shone as thick as mottles on a trout. 1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries i. 25 It [sc. the stone] comes in two colors, a light buff mixed with brown, and (my favorite) a pale gray with darker gray mottles. 2. An irregular arrangement of spots, patches, or blotches of colour forming a mottled surface; the pattern or effect produced by such an arrangement. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > mottle > arrangement or appearance spattling1611 mottling1839 mottle1858 peacock mottle1924 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 173 The effect..is to give a beautiful mottle to the [gun] barrel. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 424/1 The mottle of these woods has very little variety. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 136 His chest and flanks were a mottle of bruises. 1929 I. V. A. Stanislaus Amer. Soap Maker's Guide xv. 330 By the soap becoming heated crystallization takes place and the grain and mottle are formed.., all the impurities and coloring matter..passing into the mottle. 1972 Modelworld Oct. 72 Apply additional camouflage in the form of a mottle over the areas directly below the two uppersurface colours. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 57/2 Regularly sloughing off large flakes of old bark, to leave a mottle of pale green, yellow and fawn underbark. †3. A kind of woollen yarn of two or more intermingled colours. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > variegated mélange?1881 mottle?1881 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 146 Mottle Winder—Carpet, rug manuf. 1886 Daily News 20 Sept. 2/4 An active demand continues in twofold yarns, in mottles, and melanges. 1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 2/6 A variety of yarns, including lustres, mottles, and mélanges. 4. Botany. A pattern of leaf chlorosis consisting of indistinct yellow and pale-green blotches, esp. as a symptom of viral disease; any of various plant diseases characterized by this symptom. Frequently attributive, esp. in the names of plant diseases and their causative viruses. ΚΠ 1916 L. J. Briggs et al. in Jrnl. Agric. Res. 6 738 Mottle-leaf of Citrus trees is characterized by the disappearance of chlorophyll from parts of the leaf... No organism has yet been proved to be casually associated with mottle-leaf. 1928 C. E. Owen Princ. Plant Pathol. 548 The symptoms secured on tobacco plants in this manner were ‘mottle’, ‘spot-necrosis’ and ‘ring-spot’. 1946 Nature 9 Nov. 663/2 The virus strain used produced a bright yellow interveinal mottle in the tomato. 1949 F. A. Gilbert Mineral Nutrition of Plants & Animals 71 ‘Mottle leaf’ of citrus, pecan ‘rosette’, and ‘little leaf’ or ‘rosette’ of fruit trees are well-known diseases found to be caused by a lack of this element [sc. zinc]. 1971 Country Life 18 Feb. 381/1 Ringspot, Mottle and Vein Mottle are only three of the viruses afflicting carnations. 1994 New Scientist 2 Apr. 15/2 Each of their cells expressed a segment of RNA from the cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mottleadj. Brit. /ˈmɒtl/, U.S. /ˈmɑd(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s motle, 1600s mottel, 1800s– mottle. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mottle v. Etymology: < mottle v. Compare mottle n., mottled adj. Perhaps compare also motley adj. = mottled adj. Chiefly in parasynthetic compounds, as mottle-faced, mottle-leaved, etc., adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > mottled marled1502 gangean1623 mottle1676 mottled1676 scovy1777 mottledy1929 1676 London Gaz. No. 1153/4 A light gray Gelding,..motle Nosed. 1678 London Gaz. No. 1308/4 Lost..a..Spaniel Dog, belonging to His Majesty, his legs and nose mottel. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 628/2 Ascribing to that mottle-faced luminary [sc. the moon], the changes of the weather, the growth of potatoes, and the shrinking of boiled beef. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 2 One mottle-legged, chubby-cheeked boy. 1925 I. Irwin in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 1 Montjoy himself, big-nosed, mottle-faced, dull-eyed, the puce of his suit the exact shade of his hard cheeks. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 509/1 The liver weighed 4300g and grossly had a mottle appearance. 1991 Pract. Gardening Dec. 13/1 The mottle-leaved honeysuckle Lonicera japonica ‘Aureo Reticulata’, vinca and clematis ‘Jackmanii’ are used to hang over walls and creep among the plants in the raised bed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mottlev. Brit. /ˈmɒtl/, U.S. /ˈmɑd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: motley v. Etymology: Shortened < motley v. (compare quot. 1602 at motley v.); perhaps later reinforced by apprehension of motley v. as a derivative of the present word. transitive. To mark or dapple with spots, patches, or blotches; to variegate, to give or impart a mottled appearance to. Frequently in passive. Also figurative.Soap-making: to impart a mottled appearance to (soap) by the addition of chemicals. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > mark with patches [verb (transitive)] > mottle to muddle over1596 mottle1602 spattle1611 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > soap-making > make soap [verb (transitive)] > specific processes mottle1862 plot1885 settle1906 1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. ii. 319 Fieldes which beene Fresh and greene, Mottled with Spring's flowry painting. 1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 497 Whene'er he [sc. the sun] mottles o'er his new-born Light, Or masks in Clouds, or half retires from Sight, Suspect the Show'r. 1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 12 Light brown, beautifully mottled with dark brown. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xv. 175 Her placid beams..Mottle with mazy shades the orchard slope. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 204 Our national idiom has been mottled by foreign neologisms. 1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 271 Marseilles and Castile soaps..are mottled by the addition of green vitriol and sulphuretted lye. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 218 In youth her cheeks had been of cream and roses, but they were mottled now by middle age. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 4/3 The fact is that the promoters of fluoridation expect it to mottle teeth. 1987 B. Moore Colour of Blood vii. 50 Prisbek's skin was mottled with eczema. 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 475 And that's how al rememba Roger; scruffy,..weasel-faced, arms mottled wiv track marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676adj.1676v.1602
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