Fleck \Fleck\, n.
A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.]
--J. Martin.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Fleck \Fleck\, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl["a]ck, D.
vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]
A spot; a streak; a speckle. ``A sunny fleck.'' --Longfellow.
Life is dashed with flecks of sin. --tennyson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Fleck \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flecking.]
[Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl["a]cka, D. vlekken,
vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.]
To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.
--Dryden.
A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. --Trench.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |