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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Speck

Speck, n.

noun

[A-S. specca, L. Ger. spaak.]

  1. A small place in any thing that is discolored by foreign matter, or is of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; as, a speck on paper or cloth. “Gray sand, with black specks.” Anson.
  2. A very small thing.

Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. Landor. 3. The blubber of whales and other marine mammals. Speck-falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks, for hoisting the blubber and bone of a whale. Ogilvie. Syn.—Spot; stain; flaw; blemish.

Spĕck, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPECKED (spĕkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SPECKING.] To stain in spots or drops; to spot.

Spĕck, n.

noun

n. The same as SPECK. Speck and span new, spick and span new. See SPICK.