Definition of speck

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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..

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Speck :: Speck (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money..
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
Plashy :: Plashy (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color..
Aphthae :: Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush..
Menild :: Menild (a.) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
Buck-eyed :: Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes.
Sheld :: Sheld (a.) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
Grysbok :: Grysbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn..
Mailed :: Mailed (a.) Spotted; speckled.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
Dot :: Dot (n.) Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child..
Peckled :: Peckled (a.) Speckled; spotted.
Speck :: Speck (v. t.) 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..
Dot :: Dot (n.) A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark..
Dot :: Dot (v. i.) To make dots or specks.
Bespeckling :: Bespeckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bespeckl.
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..
Specksioneer :: Specksioneer (n.) The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers..
Caligo :: Caligo (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself..
Aphtha :: Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
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