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- [n] a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
- [n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- [n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- [v] produce specks in or on
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| | Synonyms: | | atom, hint, jot, mite, molecule, mote, particle, pinch, pinpoint, soupcon, tinge, touch |
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| | See Also: | | chylomicron, dapple, fleck, grain, maculation, mark, material, patch, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, snuff, speckle, spot, stuff |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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\, 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\, 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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