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mack·le

(măk′əl) also mac·ule (măk′yo͞ol′)

A blurred or double impression in printing.

v. mack·led, mack·ling, mack·les also mac·uled or mac·ul·ing or 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.]

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mackle

(ˈmækəl) or

macule

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a double or blurred impression caused by shifting paper or type

[C16: via French from Latin macula spot, stain]

mackle

(ˈmækəl)

vb (tr) , mackles, mackled or mackling

dialect Midland English to mend hurriedly or in a makeshift way

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mackle - 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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