v. t.
n.
a. That can not be checked or restrained. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. deckel cover, lid. ] (Paper Making) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
. The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Perh. a corruption of effectless. ] Spiritless; weak; worthless. [ Scot ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without spot or blame. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t. ]
v. i. To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Marked with freckles; spotted. “The freckled trout.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being freckled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. t. Same as Hackle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness. Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ vb. n. from heckle{ 2 }. ] Shouting in order to interrupt a speech with which the shouter disagrees.
v. i. & n. See Keck, v. i. & n. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From keck, keckle. ] Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hooded and the necklaced snake. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A neck of land. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. lacking or apparently lacking a neck; -- of a garment;
n. A necklace. E. Anold. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Speckled; spotted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. recceleás, rēceleás. ]
It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Needing care; weak; feeble;
n. [ Cf. Ciclatoun. ] A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim. of speck; cf. D. spikkel. ] A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]
Speckled Indians (Ethnol.),
Speckled trout. (Zool.)
n. (Zool.) The gadwall. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being speckled. [ 1913 Webster ]