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Definition of Flecking
1. fleck [v] - See also: fleck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flecking
Literary usage of Flecking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Agriculturist. (1843)
"... from a "genuine Berkshire boar and sow," every one of which is a dark rich
plum color, with a greater or ' ]• as flecking- of white or buff upon them ..."
2. Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting by Patricia Lawrence, Darrell Arlynn Amyx (1996)
"The panthers have incised arcs of flecking on their necks, framed side whiskers.
... flecking in the form of incised arcs and the bounded side whiskers ..."
3. Revision of the Orthopteran Group Melanolopli Acridiidae with Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"... from a profuse and rather minute fuscous flecking on a semi- pellucid base,
the flecking more or less confluent in the basal third ..."
4. Catalogue of the Macomber Collection of Chinese Pottery by John Getz, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1909)
"Red-toned biscuit, the interior showing clair de lune glaze with flecking of
purple, the exterior surface coated in a deeper tone embodying fortuitous ..."
5. The University Museum, Section of Oriental Art by John Getz (1917)
"... into the softer light velvety peach red tinge, whilst the neck shows the moss
green flecking (p'ing-kua-ching) so highly esteemed by most amateurs. ..."
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