Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Speckle \Spec"kle\, n. [Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel.]
   A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or
   color from that of the thing itself.

         An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
                                                  --Spebser.

Speckle \Spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Speckled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Speckling}.]
   To mark with small spots of a different color from that of
   the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a
   different color from the ground or surface.

Source : WordNet®

speckle
     n : a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
         leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin
         ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: {spot}, {dapple}, {patch}, {fleck},
          {maculation}]

speckle
     v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
          [syn: {stipple}]
     2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
        spots" [syn: {bespeckle}]