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(1):

(n.) The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.

(4):

(n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

(5):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Speck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/speck.html. 1828.
 
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