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.
© Webster 1913.
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. Zool.
A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.