Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Specked"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Speck \Speck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{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 specked with gold.
--Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

specked
adj : having a pattern of dots [syn: {dotted}, {flecked}, {speckled},
{stippled}]


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