The gentle day, . . .
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak.
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The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Dapple — Dap ple, Dappled Dap pled, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. [1913 Webster] Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is used in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dapple — may refer to: Dapple, a book by Eleanor Arnason DAPPLE Project, a pollution study Dapple gray, a type of coat colour seen on horses Silver dapple gene, also known as the Z gene, that dilutes the black base coat color in horses Merle (dog coat), a … Wikipedia
dapple — c.1400 (as pp. adj. dappled), perhaps a back formation from dapple gray apple gray (late 14c.), by resemblance to the markings on an apple (Cf. O.N. apalgrar dapple gray ), or, as it was used of gray horses with round blotches, perhaps via… … Etymology dictionary
dapple — [dap′əl] adj. [ME in comp. dappel grai, dapple gray < ON depill, a spot, dot, splash of water < dapi, a pool] marked or variegated with spots; mottled: also dappled n. 1. a spotted condition 2. an animal whose skin is spotted vt., vi.… … English World dictionary
Dapple — Dap ple, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] One of the spots on a dappled animal. [1913 Webster] He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. Sir P. Sidney … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dapple — ► VERB ▪ mark with spots or small patches. ► NOUN ▪ a patch of colour or light. ORIGIN perhaps related to an Old Norse word meaning spot … English terms dictionary
dapple — 1. noun a) A mottled marking, usually in clusters. “My brother,” said he, “do not ride to–day / The dapple, as you’re wont; but mount the horse / Which I have chosen for thee. b) An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat. A Sarronnese… … Wiktionary
dapple — [14] Dapple is a puzzling word. It is presumably derived from or linked in some way to its contemporary dapple grey (although this has never been proved), which has formal and semantic links with several colour terms in other Germanic languages… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
dapple — [14] Dapple is a puzzling word. It is presumably derived from or linked in some way to its contemporary dapple grey (although this has never been proved), which has formal and semantic links with several colour terms in other Germanic languages… … Word origins
dapple — /dap euhl/, n., adj., v., dappled, dappling. n. 1. a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters. 2. an animal with a mottled skin or coat. adj. 3. dappled; spotted: a dapple horse. v.t., v.i. 4. to mark or become marked with spots.… … Universalium
