speckle

n : a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a

leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red"

[syn: {spot}, {dapple}, {patch}, {fleck}, {maculation}]

v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"

[syn: {stipple}]

2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow

spots" [syn: {bespeckle}]

deckle

/dek'l/ (From "dec-" and "{nibble}"; the original spelling

seems to have been "decle") Two {nickle}s; 10 {bit}s.

Reported among developers for {Mattel}'s {GI 1600} (the

{Intellivision} games processor), a chip with 16-bit wide

{RAM} but 10-bit wide {ROM}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-11-23)