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dappled Adjective 1. marked with spots of a different colour; mottled 2. covered in patches of light and shadow [origin unknown]
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| She was a strong, well-made animal, of a bright dun color, beautifully dappled, and with a dark-brown mane and tail. It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain: and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide-stone, by the cross-roads. But now Philip added other means of attaining his desire: he began to wish, when he saw a new moon or a dappled horse, and he looked out for shooting stars; during exeat they had a chicken at the vicarage, and he broke the lucky bone with Aunt Louisa and wished again, each time that his foot might be made whole. |
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