mack·le (m k  l) also mac·ule (mky l )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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| Noun | 1. |  mackle - a printed impression that is blurred or doubledprinting, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" |
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