Definition of speck

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Speck (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus..

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Bespeckle :: Bespeckle (v. t.) To mark with speckles or spots.
Speckle :: Speckle (v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
Buck-eyed :: Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes.
Specksioneer :: Specksioneer (n.) The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers..
Bespeckled :: Bespeckled (imp. & p. p.) of Bespeckl.
Variolitic :: Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted..
Opopanax :: Opopanax (n.) The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
Speckled :: Speckled (a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Speck :: Speck (n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus..
Specking :: Specking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spec.
Spaky :: Spaky (a.) Specky.
Vervet :: Vervet (n.) A South African monkey (Cercopithecus pygerythrus, / Lelandii). The upper parts are grayish green, finely specked with black. The cheeks and belly are reddish white..
Speck :: Speck (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money..
Speck :: Speck (n.) 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..
Speckling :: Speckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speckl.
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.
Caligo :: Caligo (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself..
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