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Speck \Speck\, 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.
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Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.
--Milton.
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Speck \Speck\, 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.
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{Speck falls} (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for
hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling
vessel.
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Speck \Speck\, 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.
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2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of
dust; he has not a speck of money.
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Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean.
--Landor.
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3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish ({Ulocentra stigmaea})
common in the Eastern United States.
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