Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Speckle
Spec′kle (spĕk′k'l), n. [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.] A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.
An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser.
Spec′kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling.] To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.