mackle

[ mak-uhl ]

noun
  1. a blur in printing, as from a double impression.

verb (used with or without object),mack·led, mack·ling.
  1. to blur, as from a double impression in printing.

Origin of mackle

1
1585–95; variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier maculemacule

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British Dictionary definitions for mackle (1 of 2)

mackle1

macule (ˈmækjuːl)

/ (ˈmækəl) /


noun
  1. printing a double or blurred impression caused by shifting paper or type

Origin of mackle

1
C16: via French from Latin macula spot, stain

British Dictionary definitions for mackle (2 of 2)

mackle2

/ (ˈmækəl) /


verbmackles, mackled or mackling (tr)
  1. Midland English dialect to mend hurriedly or in a makeshift way

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