▪ I. macule, n.
(ˈmækjuːl)
Also 6 Sc. macull, makle.
[f. L. macula, either directly or through F. macule.]
A blemish, spot. Obs. in general sense.
| 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour K v b, It is a perle whiche is..without macule or spotte. 1490 ― Eneydos xxix. 113 The throte quycke, and without spotte or macule. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xlviii. 152 But ony spot or macull doing spring. Ibid. lxxxv. 22 Haile, moder and maid but makle! |
b. Path. = macula.
| 1863 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. Jan. 599 Skin diseases..1. Macules and Deformities. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 465 The eruption commonly consists of macules. |
c. Printing. A blur causing the impression of a page to appear double; = mackle n.
| 1841 Savage Dict. Printing 775 Instead of its being a macule, it is nothing more than [etc.]. |
▪ II. macule, v.
(ˈmækjuːl)
[f. F. maculer, f. macule a spot.]
trans. To spot, stain. Obs. in general use.
| 1484 Caxton Fables of Alfonce (1889) 261, I byleue not that this poure [man] may be maculed ne gylty of the blame. |
b. Printing = mackle v. (trans. and intr.).
| 1841 Savage Dict. Printing s.v., If the joints of the tympan, or the head, or the nut of the spindle be loose, or any accident happen in pulling, so that the impression be somewhat doubled, and not clear, it is said to be maculed. Ibid. 775, I have heard many complaints of the middle pages of a twelves form maculing at a two-pull press. |