mackle

mackle
/mak"euhl/, n., v., mackled, mackling.
n.
1. a blur in printing, as from a double impression.
v.t., v.i.
2. to blur, as from a double impression in printing.
Also, macule.
[1585-95; var. of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule MACULE]

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