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Mottling   /mˈɑtəlɪŋ/  /mˈɑtlɪŋ/   Listen
Mottling

noun
1.
The act of coloring with areas of different shades.






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"Mottling" Quotes from Famous Books



... Were ye in Arctic hours, Mottling the evening beam that sloped Adown old Gothic towers! As blythe that sunlight dancing Will see your pinions' glancing Scattering afar through Tropic groves the spicy bloom ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various

... Combinations with which colourless or nearly colourless Backwater is obtained; Colours which do not bleed into White Fibres, for Blotting and Copying Paper Pulp; Colours which produce the best results on Mechanical Wood and on Unbleached Sulphite Wood; Dyeing of Cotton, Jute and Wool Half-stuff for Mottling White or Light Coloured Papers; Colours suitable for Cotton; Colours specially suitable for Jute Dyeing; Colours suitable for Wool Fibres.—VII., Dyed Patterns on Various Pulp Mixtures—Placard and Wrapping Papers; Black Wrapping ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech

... arms, found at Nimrud (see [PLATE LXXXIII., Fig. 1]) is of two colors, a warm yellow, and a cold bluish green. The green predominates in the upper, the yellow in the under portion; but there is a certain amount of blending or mottling in the mid-region, which has a very pleasant effect. A similarly mottled character is presented by two other amphorae from the same place, where the general hue is a yellow which varies in intensity, and the mottling ...
— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria • George Rawlinson



Words linked to "Mottling" :   mottle, marking



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