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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleck \Fleck\, n. A flake; also a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] --J. Martin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fleck n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip}, {flake}, {scrap}] 2: a small contrasting part of something "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red" [syn: {spot}, {speckle}, {dapple}, {patch}, {maculation}] v : make a spot or mark onto "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: {spot}, {stain}, {blob}, {blot}]
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