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fleck

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fleckn. 
     A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.  J. Martin.  [1913 Webster]
fleckn. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.].
     A spot; a streak; a speckle.  Longfellow.  [1913 Webster]
    "Life is dashed with flecks of sin."  [1913 Webster]
fleckv. t. [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.].
     To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.  [1913 Webster]
    "Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain."  [1913 Webster]
    "A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fleck, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small patch of colour or light (eyes with green flecks).
2 a small particle or speck, esp. of dust.
3 a spot on the skin; a freckle.
--v.tr. mark with flecks; dapple; variegate.

Etymology
perh. f. ON flekkr (n.), flekka (v.), or MLG, MDu. vlecke, OHG flec, fleccho

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