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Macule [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A spot. [supra.] [Little used.]

Macule [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A spot.

2. A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.

Macule [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.