Definition: speck

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

speck
     n 1: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
          [syn: pinpoint]
     2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
        molecule, particle, mote]
     3: a small but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
        of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot,
        soupcon]
     v : produce specks in or on

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Speck \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.
Speck \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 \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.