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FLECKING
Verb
flecking
present participle of fleck
Noun
flecking (plural fleckings)
A flecked pattern.
Source: Wiktionary
FLECK
Fleck, n.
Definition: A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.
Fleck, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]
Definition: A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.
Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.]
Definition: To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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