| Fleck | n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [ Obs. ] J. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fleck | n. [ Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch. ] A spot; a streak; a speckle. “A sunny fleck.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ] Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fleck | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flecked p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking. ] [ 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. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Flecker | v. t. To fleck. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fleckless | a. Without spot or blame. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Snowfleck | n. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| bit | (n) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole, Syn. fleck, chip, scrap, flake, Example: a bit of rock caught him in the eye |
| spot | (n) a small contrasting part of something, Syn. patch, dapple, speckle, fleck, maculation, Example: a bald spot; a leopard's spots; a patch of clouds; patches of thin ice; a fleck of red |
| spot | (v) make a spot or mark onto, Syn. fleck, blot, blob, Example: The wine spotted the tablecloth |
