Crossword clues for freckle
freckle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Freckle \Frec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freckled (fr[e^]k"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Freckling (fr[e^]k"kl[i^]ng).] To sprinkle or mark with freckles or small discolored spots; to spot.
Freckle \Frec"kle\ (fr[e^]k"k'l), v. i. To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted.
Freckle \Freck"le\ (fr[e^]k"k'l), n. [Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t.]
A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.
Any small spot or discoloration.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., also frecken, probably from Old Norse freknur (plural) "freckles" (cognates: Icelandic frekna, Danish fregne, Swedish frägne "freckle"), from PIE *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Freckles.
"to cover with spots," 1610s, from freckle (n.). Related: Freckled (from late 14c. as "spotted"); freckling.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin. 2 Any small spot or discoloration. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cover with freckles. 2 (context intransitive English) To become covered with freckles.
WordNet
n. a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin [syn: lentigo]
v. become freckled; "I freckle easily"
mark with freckles
Wikipedia
Freckles, sometimes called ephelides (singular ephelis), are clusters of concentrated melaninized cells which are most easily visible on people with a fair complexion. Freckles do not have an increased number of the melanin-producing cells melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules ( melanosomes) changing the coloration of the outer skin cells called ( keratinocytes). As such, freckles are different from lentigines and moles.
Usage examples of "freckle".
Let the haughty, purse-proud American--in whose warm life current one may trace the unmistakable strains of bichloride of gold and trichinae--pause for one moment to gaze at the coarse features and bloodshot eyes of his ancestors, who sat up at nights drenching their souls in a style of nepenthe that it is said would remove moths, tan, freckles, and political disabilities.
And when morning came dull and drizzly, like an old gray widow hobbling out from the dark, her cold tears freckling the sidewalks, in all my drunkenness and disarray, I went down to Emerald Street to seek my satisfaction.
He was a mite of a boy, nothing but skin-covered bones, his burned, freckled face in a mortar of tears and dust, his clothing unspeakably dirty, one great toe in a festering mass from a broken nail, and sores all over the visible portions of the small body.
His sneering glance included Taverik, whose yellow hair and wide cheekbones proclaimed him Pakajan, and the Copper Guild man, with his light red hair and freckled face.
Balanji waited as Vitujak, his freckled face tight and inscrutable, followed Rinatto and the guards from the room.
He put his hard, freckled hand into the jaws of stallions, and cowed the wickedest mule with his spotted eye.
There, he joined up with Thum, who rode with eyes shining like stars and a big, silly grin on his freckled face.
His soft, clear voice wavered and choked, and his freckled face looked pale and weary beneath the bandage swathing his head, but he grimly went through the whole prayer.
Honey bent over the man, her freckled face intent as she examined him.
He kissed her eyes, then, slowly, the rest of her face, tasting the faint trace of almond on her freckled cheeks, as he had once fantasized.
The triumvirate of childhood plaguesa freckled carrot-top with a dimple.
It was not as if he had been searching for green eyes and freckled noses wherever he went after all.
As Father Ralph parked his car and walked across the lawn, the maid waited on the front veranda, her freckled face wreathed in smiles.
The small pointed face was all eyes staring at some dreadful prospect, the milky opaque skin which never tanned or freckled was grow ing more translucent.
The sun, the wind and the dryness had weathered their fair, freckled skins to a sort of mottled mahogany, in which their blue eyes shone pale and tranquil, with the deep creases beside them speaking of gazing into far distances and silver-beige grass.