n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zoöl.) The red gurnard or cuckoo fish. [ Prov. Eng. ]
n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [ Obs. ] J. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch. ] A spot; a streak; a speckle. “A sunny fleck.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fleck. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without spot or blame. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]