Speck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Speck	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Speck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speck n a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" Synonym(s): speck, pinpoint (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Synonym(s): atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonym(s): touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon v produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {Speck falls} (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Gray sand, with black specks.[b8] --Anson. 2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. Many bright specks bubble up along the blue Egean. --Landor. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A small etheostomoid fish ({Ulocentra stigm[91]a}) common in the Eastern United States.