Definitions for: Speck

[n] a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
[n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
[n] a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
[v] produce specks in or on

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

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["o]l.) A small etheostomoid fish ({Ulocentra
stigm[ae]a}) common in the Eastern United States.

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.

Synonyms: atom, hint, jot, mite, molecule, mote, particle, pinch, pinpoint, soupcon, tinge, touch

See Also: chylomicron, dapple, fleck, grain, maculation, mark, material, patch, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, snuff, speckle, spot, stuff

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