Speckle /(?)/

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Speckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling

1. 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.