fleck

Meanings

Noun

A flake
A lock, as of wool.
A small spot or streak; a speckle.

Verb

To mark with small spots

Origin

From Middle English *flekk, *flekke (attested in Middle English flekked), from Old Norse flekkr, from Proto-Germanic *flekka-. Cognate with Dutch vlek, German Fleck, Swedish fläck.

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