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fleck Noun 1. a small marking or streak 2. a small or tiny piece of something: a fleck of grit Verb to speckle: a grey suit flecked with white [probably from Old Norse flekkr stain, spot]
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fleck Translationsvt (with blood, mud etc) → salpicar; vt → tacher, éclabousser; (of dust) → Flöckchen nt; (of mud, paint, colour) → Fleck(en) m vt → bespritzen; vt (with blood, mud etc) → macchiettare; |
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From hilltops we saw fair green valleys lying spread out below, with streams winding through them, and island groves of trees here and there, and huge lonely oaks scattered about and casting black blots of shade; and beyond the valleys we saw the ranges of hills, blue with haze, stretching away in billowy per- spective to the horizon, with at wide intervals a dim fleck of white or gray on a wave-summit, which we knew was a castle. Then, striking upward, it threw a lustrous fleck on her lips, edged her eyes with velvet shade, and laid a milky whiteness above the black curve of her brows. At breakfast-time he looked worn and haggard, with a little fleck of feverish color upon either cheek. |
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