fleck

fleck
    n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
         bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip},
         {flake}, {fleck}, {scrap}]
    2: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
       leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice";
       "a fleck of red" [syn: {spot}, {speckle}, {dapple}, {patch},
       {fleck}, {maculation}]
    v 1: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
         [syn: {spot}, {fleck}, {blob}, {blot}]
    

Fleck \Fleck\, n.
   A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] --J. Martin.
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Fleck \Fleck\, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl[aum]ck, D.
   vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]
   A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." --Longfellow.
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         Life is dashed with flecks of sin.       --tennyson.
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Fleck \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl[aum]cka, D. vlekken,
   vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.]
   To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
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         Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. --Trench.
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