Spĕck'le1, n.
(spĕk'l), n. [Dim. of speck; D. spikkel.] A little spot in any thing, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself; a speck.
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Speckle
Spĕck'le2, v. t.
(spĕk'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPECKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPECKLING.] To mark with small spots of a different color; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface of.
The diction is still too much speckled with strange words. Jeffrey.
Speckled bird, a person who differs so much from the company he is in as to be an object of suspicion or distrust.