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patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
{brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},
{marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
{sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
{tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
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Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spotting}.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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{To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
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Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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{Spotted fever} (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.

{Spotted tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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