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Look up: Speck

  1. Speck
    (Italian) Boned and smokedham.
    Found on http://www.menu2menu.com/italglossary.ht

  2. speck
    [n] - a very small spot 2. [v] - produce specks in or on
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Speck
    Speck noun [ Confer Icelandic spik blubber, Anglo-Saxon spic , Dutch spek , German speck .] The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls (Nautical) , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  4. Speck
    Speck noun [ Middle English spekke , Anglo-Saxon specca ; confer 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 sma ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  5. Speck
    Speck transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Specked ; present participle & verbal noun 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  6. speck
    1. A small discoloured place in or on anything, or a small place of a colour 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.' ... 2. A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money. 'Many bright specks ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. speck
    pinpoint noun a very small spot; `the plane was just a speck in the sky`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Speck
    `Speck` is a distinctively juniper-flavored prosciutto originally from the region of Alto Adige/Südtirol. Speck's origins at the intersection of two culinary worlds is reflected in its synthesis of Italian salt-curing and central European smoking. The first historical mention of `Speck dell'Alto Adige` was in the early 1300s when some of the current production techniques were already in use. `Speck dell'Alto Adige (Südtiroler Speck)` is now a pr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speck

  9. Speck
    • (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. • (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States. • (n.) A very small thing; a particle; a mite; ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. speck
    1. a very small spot
    2. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
    3. a small but appreciable amount

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