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A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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  1. n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.
  2. n. A spot; a streak; a speckle.
  3. n. To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
  4. n. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  5. n. a small contrasting part of something
  6. v. make a spot or mark onto
  7. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin. A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson. 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.
  8. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.
  9. v:33/n:67 n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole n a small contrasting part of something v make a spot or mark onto