n. [ Cf. Icel. spik blubber, AS. spic, D. spek, G. speck. ] The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. [ 1913 Webster ]
Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak. ] 1. 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. “Gray sand, with black specks.” Anson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Specked p. pr. & vb. n. Specking. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Speckled p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel. ] A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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