mackle

mack·le  (mkl) also mac·ule (mkyl)

n.

A blurred or double impression in printing.

v. mack·led also mac·uled, mack·ling also mac·ul·ing, mack·les also mac·ules

v.tr.

To blur or double (a printed impression).

v.intr.

To become blurred.

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[Middle English macule, spot, from Old French, from Latin macula.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mackle - a printed impression that is blurred or doubled printing, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"