macule

[Fr., from Lat. macula a spot, a stain.] *1. Ord . Lang .: A spot, a stain. 2. Print .: A blurred impre ion, causing part of a page to appear double; also called a mackle. măc-ule, v. t. [MACULE, 8.] To spot, to stain, to blur: spec if., in printing, to blur or double an impre ion from type.