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Fleck

Fleck Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fleck? [n] a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [n] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [v] make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fleck: bit \| blob \| blot \| chip \| dapple \| flake \| maculation \| patch \| scrap \| speckle \| spot \| spot Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fleck: See Also \| bespatter \| bespeckle \| change surface \| defile \| exfoliation \| flinders \| fragment \| macula \| maculate \| macule \| marking \| matchwood \| nebula \| pinpoint \| plaque \| scale \| scurf \| sliver \| spatter \| speck \| speckle \| splinter \| splotch \| sully \| tarnish Fleck In Webster's Dictionary \Fleck\, n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] --J. Martin. \Fleck\, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl["a]ck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.] A spot; a streak; a speckle. ``A sunny fleck.'' --Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. --tennyson. \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl["a]cka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.] To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. --Dryden. A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. --Trench.

Fleck Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fleck?

[n] a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
[n] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
[v] make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

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Fleck In Webster's Dictionary

\Fleck\, n.
A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] --J. Martin.


\Fleck\, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl["a]ck, D.
vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]
A spot; a streak; a speckle. ``A sunny fleck.'' --Longfellow.

      Life is dashed with flecks of sin.       --tennyson.


\Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl["a]cka, D. vlekken,
vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.]
To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

      Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.
                                               --Dryden.

      A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. --Trench.

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