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

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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.
  6. n. a very small spot
  7. n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
  8. n. a slight but appreciable amount
  9. v. produce specks in or on
  10. 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. 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. (Zoöl.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmæa) common in the Eastern United States. 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.
  11. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat ofthe hippopotamus. Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove throughblocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whalingvessel.
  12. n:100 n. a very small spot v. produce specks in or on