Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dapple \Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dappling}.]
   To variegate with spots; to spot.

         The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with
         spots of gray.                           --Shak.

         The dappled pink and blushing rose.      --Prior.