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speck
[spek] 
,–noun
| 1. | a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill. |
| 2. | a very little bit or particle: We haven't a speck of sugar. |
| 3. | something appearing small by comparison or by reason of distance: By then the town was just a speck. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to mark with, or as with, a speck or specks. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME specke, OE specca; c. D spikkel
bef. 900; ME specke, OE specca; c. D spikkel
Related forms:
speck⋅ed⋅ness [spek-id-nis] , noun
[spek-id-nis] , noun speckless, adjective
speck⋅less⋅ly, adverb
speck⋅less⋅ness, noun
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| speck (spěk) n.
To mark with specks. [Middle English specke, from Old English specca.] |
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Speck
Speck\, n. [Cf. Icel. spik blubber, AS. spic, D. spek, G. speck.] The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.Speck
Speck\, n. [OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak.]1. 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. 2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. --Landor. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigm[ae]a) common in the Eastern United States.Speck
Speck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specked; p. pr. & vb. n. Specking.] To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : speck
Spanish:
manchita,
German:
das Fleckchen,
Japanese:
しみ
speck
O.E. specca "small spot, stain," of unknown origin; probably related to Du. speckel "speck, speckle," M.Du. spekelen "to sprinkle." Meaning "tiny bit" developed c.1400.
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