Category:Speck

Speck, n. Etym: [cf. Icel. spik blubber, as. spic, d. spek, g. Speck.]

Defn: the blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of The hippopotamus. Speck falls (naut.), falls or ropes rove through Blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling Vessel.

Speck Speck, n. Etym: [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.

2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has Not a speck of money. Many bright specks bubble up along the blue egean. Landor.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: a small etheostomoid fish (ulocentra stigmæa) common in the Eastern united states.

Speck Speck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specked; p. pr. & vb. n. Specking.]

Defn: 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. Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. Milton.