speck

n. [ OE. spekke, AS. specca; cf. LG. spaak. ] 1. 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. “Gray sand, with black specks.” Anson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Specked p. pr. & vb. n. Specking. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Speckled p. pr. & vb. n. Speckling ] To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface. [ 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 ]

a. Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos. --
Speckled trout. (Zool.) (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout. (b) The rainbow trout. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]