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mackle

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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.
[Middle English macule, spot, from Old French, from Latin macula.]
mackle1, macule [ˈmækjuːl]
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a double or blurred impression caused by shifting paper or type
[via French from Latin macula spot, stain]
mackle2
vb mackles, mackled, mackling (tr)
Midland English dialect to mend hurriedly or in a makeshift way
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Noun1.mackle - a printed impression that is blurred or doubledmackle - 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"
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