fleck

fleck

a spot or small patch of color, etc.; speck: flecks of sunlight
a small piece; particle; flake

Origin of fleck

Old Norse flekkr, akin to Middle Dutch vlecke, German fleck from Indo-European an unverified form pl??-, variant, variety of base an unverified form pl??-: see flay

to cover or sprinkle with flecks; speckle

Origin of fleck

ME *flekken (found only in pp. flekked), prob. < ON flekka < flekkr

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fleck

noun

A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.
A small bit or flake: a fleck of dandruff.

transitive verb

flecked, fleck·ing, flecks

To spot or streak: the path was flecked with sunlight.

Origin of fleck

Probably from Middle English flekked spotted Old Norse flekkr spot

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Noun

(plural flecks)

A flake
A lock, as of wool.
A small spot or streak; a speckle.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present flecks, present participle flecking, simple past and past participle flecked)

To mark with small spots

Origin

From Middle English flekked, from Old Norse flekka (“to spot”), from Proto-Germanic *flekk-.

Proper noun

A surname.

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There are several gold lens options available such as the Gold Fleck lenses are made by Enhance.
Use one or two sketches from a book such as PageMaps by Becky Fleck as the basis for your album.
You may also be interested in our interview with Becky Fleck, author of PageMaps: Sketches for Creative Layouts.
The battle continued, and the men around her grew tenser when the first fleck of blood appeared on A'Ran's opponent.
In 1862 Fleck passed a mixture of steam, nitrogen and carbon monoxide over red-hot lime, whilst in 1904 Woltereck induced combination by passing steam and air over red-hot iron oxide (peat is used in practice).

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