Speck — Defs

01 n. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

1.
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

Phrases & compounds

Speck falls — falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.

02 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 blemi…

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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.
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.
A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.(Zool.)

03 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 i…

imp. & p. p. Specked; p. pr. & vb. n. Specking

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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.