mottle
verb (used with object)
to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
mottler
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a word derived from
mottle.
Example Sentences
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For mahogany shades and tints a mottler will be found of service, as will also a soft piece of Turkey sponge.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
The light or figure is then softened by drawing the end of a flat hog-hair fitch, or a small thin mottler, across each figure, and slightly softening with the badger-hair softener.
