The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mottle \Mot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Mottling.] [From Mottled.]
   To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as
   if stained; to spot; to maculate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mottled \Mot"tled\, a. [From Motley.]
   Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted;
   as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." --Drayton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mottled
    adj 1: having spots or patches of color [syn: dappled,
           mottled]