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Definition of Specked
1. Adjective. Having a pattern of dots.
Definition of Specked
1. Adjective. Having specks or spots, speckled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Specked
1. speck [v] - See also: speck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Specked
Literary usage of Specked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1896)
"And so they used the specked ones first. As Farmer Grump had said, But though
they ate some every day The specked ones kept ahead. ..."
2. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"The Linnet's nest is in the gorse ; Five specked eggs are in it ; That's why he
makes such soft discourse, To please his lady Linnet, Who sits in patience ..."
3. Nature Study in Elementary Schools: A Manual for Teachers by Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson (1897)
"... four to seven large, strong, green eggs specked with brown. Its call note
is -' Caw." Its food is corn, young birds, birds' eggs, and sometimes stray ..."
4. Worcester Town Records ...: 1722-1848 by Worcester (Mass.), Franklin P. Rice (1890)
"26*. of Ocf. 1793 a Fat Cow, specked brown & White, both Ears Brown, face all
white, the Right Ear Split the Left a half penny Cut out Supposed to be ..."
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