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speck
(encz) | speck,skvrnka n: Zdeněk Brož |
speck
(encz) | speck,smítko n: Zdeněk Brož |
Speck
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, 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.
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Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.
--Milton.
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Speck
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, n. [Cf. Icel. spik blubber, AS. spic, D. spek, G.
speck.]
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat
of the hippopotamus.
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Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for
hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling
vessel.
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Speck
(gcide) | Speck \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.
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2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of
dust; he has not a speck of money.
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Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean.
--Landor.
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3. (Zool.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea)
common in the Eastern United States.
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speck
(wn) | speck
n 1: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
[syn: speck, pinpoint]
2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
v 1: produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth" |
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flyspeck
(encz) | flyspeck,mušinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
speck
(encz) | speck,skvrnka n: Zdeněk Brožspeck,smítko n: Zdeněk Brož |
specked
(encz) | specked, adj: |
speckle
(encz) | speckle,flíček n: Toldaspeckle,potečkovat v: Zdeněk Brožspeckle,skvrnka n: Tolda |
speckled
(encz) | speckled,kropenatý adj: Zdeněk Brožspeckled,skvrnitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
speckled alder
(encz) | speckled alder, n: |
speckled rattlesnake
(encz) | speckled rattlesnake, n: |
speckled trout
(encz) | speckled trout, n: |
speckless
(encz) | speckless, adj: |
Bespeckle
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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Bespeckled
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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Bespeckling
(gcide) | Bespeckle \Be*spec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.]
To mark with speckles or spots. --Milton.
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dotted flecked specked speckled stippled
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Flyspeck
(gcide) | Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), n.
A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any
insignificant dot.
[1913 Webster]Flyspeck \Fly"speck\ (fl[imac]"sp[e^]k), v. t.
To soil with flyspecks.
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Kenspeckle
(gcide) | Kenspeckle \Ken"spec`kle\, a.
Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.
[Scot.]
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Speck falls
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, n. [Cf. Icel. spik blubber, AS. spic, D. spek, G.
speck.]
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat
of the hippopotamus.
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Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for
hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling
vessel.
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Specked
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, 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.
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Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.
--Milton.
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Specking
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, 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.
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Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.
--Milton.
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Speckle
(gcide) | Speckle \Spec"kle\, 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.
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An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied.
--Spebser.
[1913 Webster]Speckle \Spec"kle\, 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.
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Speckled
(gcide) | Speckle \Spec"kle\, 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]Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
from that of the rest of the surface.
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Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
Speckled trout. (Zool.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
(b) The rainbow trout.
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speckled Indians
(gcide) | Pintos \Pin"tos\, n. pl.; sing. Pinto. [Sp., painted,
mottled.] (Eyhnol.)
A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco.
They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face
irregularly spotted with white. Called also {speckled
Indians}.
[1913 Webster]Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
from that of the rest of the surface.
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Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
Speckled trout. (Zool.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
(b) The rainbow trout.
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Speckled Indians
(gcide) | Pintos \Pin"tos\, n. pl.; sing. Pinto. [Sp., painted,
mottled.] (Eyhnol.)
A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco.
They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face
irregularly spotted with white. Called also {speckled
Indians}.
[1913 Webster]Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
from that of the rest of the surface.
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Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
Speckled trout. (Zool.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
(b) The rainbow trout.
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Speckled terrapin
(gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Speckled trout
(gcide) | Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
from that of the rest of the surface.
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Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.
Speckled trout. (Zool.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
(b) The rainbow trout.
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Speckled-belly
(gcide) | Speckled-belly \Spec"kled-bel`ly\, n. (Zool.)
The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]
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Speckled-bill
(gcide) | Speckled-bill \Spec"kled-bill"\, n. (Zool.)
The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
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Speckledness
(gcide) | Speckledness \Spec"kled*ness\, n.
The quality of being speckled.
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Speckling
(gcide) | Speckle \Spec"kle\, 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.
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Specksioneer
(gcide) | Specksioneer \Speck`sion*eer"\, n.
The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the
speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.
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Speckt
(gcide) | Speckt \Speckt\, n.
A woodpecker. See Speight.
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Unspecked
(gcide) | Unspecked \Unspecked\
See specked. |
bespeckle
(wn) | bespeckle
v 1: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle] |
brown-speckled
(wn) | brown-speckled
adj 1: having brown speckles [syn: brown-speckled, {brownish-
speckled}] |
brownish-speckled
(wn) | brownish-speckled
adj 1: having brown speckles [syn: brown-speckled, {brownish-
speckled}] |
flyspeck
(wn) | flyspeck
adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny, flyspeck]
n 1: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly |
speck
(wn) | speck
n 1: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
[syn: speck, pinpoint]
2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
v 1: produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth" |
specked
(wn) | specked
adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked,
specked, speckled, stippled] |
speckle
(wn) | speckle
n 1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin
ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple,
patch, fleck, maculation]
v 1: produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
[syn: stipple, speckle]
2: mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow
spots" [syn: speckle, bespeckle] |
speckled
(wn) | speckled
adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked,
specked, speckled, stippled] |
speckled alder
(wn) | speckled alder
n 1: common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States
having shoots scattered with rust-colored down [syn:
speckled alder, Alnus rugosa] |
speckled rattlesnake
(wn) | speckled rattlesnake
n 1: markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of
southwestern Arizona and Baja California [syn: {speckled
rattlesnake}, Crotalus mitchellii] |
speckled trout
(wn) | speckled trout
n 1: a delicious freshwater food fish [syn: brook trout,
speckled trout]
2: North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn:
brook trout, speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis] |
speckless
(wn) | speckless
adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, {spic-and-
span}, spic, spick, spotless] |
flyspeck 3
(foldoc) | Flyspeck 3
A standard name for any font that is so tiny as to
be unreadable, by analogy with names like "Helvetica 10" for
10-point Helvetica. Legal boilerplate is usually printed in
Flyspeck 3.
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flyspeck 3
(jargon) | Flyspeck 3
n.
Standard name for any font that is so tiny as to be unreadable (by analogy
with names like Helvetica 10 for 10-point Helvetica). Legal boilerplate is
usually printed in Flyspeck 3.
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flyspeck
(devil) | FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by
Garvinus that the systems of punctuation in use by the various
literary nations depended originally upon the social habits and
general diet of the flies infesting the several countries. These
creatures, which have always been distinguished for a neighborly and
companionable familiarity with authors, liberally or niggardly
embellish the manuscripts in process of growth under the pen,
according to their bodily habit, bringing out the sense of the work by
a species of interpretation superior to, and independent of, the
writer's powers. The "old masters" of literature -- that is to say,
the early writers whose work is so esteemed by later scribes and
critics in the same language -- never punctuated at all, but worked
right along free-handed, without that abruption of the thought which
comes from the use of points. (We observe the same thing in children
to-day, whose usage in this particular is a striking and beautiful
instance of the law that the infancy of individuals reproduces the
methods and stages of development characterizing the infancy of
races.) In the work of these primitive scribes all the punctuation is
found, by the modern investigator with his optical instruments and
chemical tests, to have been inserted by the writers' ingenious and
serviceable collaborator, the common house-fly -- _Musca maledicta_.
In transcribing these ancient MSS, for the purpose of either making
the work their own or preserving what they naturally regard as divine
revelations, later writers reverently and accurately copy whatever
marks they find upon the papyrus or parchment, to the unspeakable
enhancement of the lucidity of the thought and value of the work.
Writers contemporary with the copyists naturally avail themselves of
the obvious advantages of these marks in their own work, and with such
assistance as the flies of their own household may be willing to
grant, frequently rival and sometimes surpass the older compositions,
in respect at least of punctuation, which is no small glory. Fully to
understand the important services that flies perform to literature it
is only necessary to lay a page of some popular novelist alongside a
saucer of cream-and-molasses in a sunny room and observe "how the wit
brightens and the style refines" in accurate proportion to the
duration of exposure.
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