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Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.

The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.

To spinkle or mark with freckle or small discolored spots; to spot.

Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper. There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. Bacon.

ffection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same para…

Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. "Gray sand, with black specks." Anson.

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! Shak.