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Flecking

Fleck \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl["a]cka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.] To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.
--Dryden.

A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air.
--Trench.

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flecking

n. A flecked pattern. vb. (present participle of fleck English)

Usage examples of "flecking".

They were uniformly black, foam flecking their mouths, and their eyes were as intense and wild as those of their masters.

The words sounded as light and meaningless as the snow flecking the massive stones behind him.

Spearpoints appeared, flecking through the wood like points of red light in the smoky flame-shot darkness.

The horses rocked into a gallop, nostrils flared and red, foam flecking their necks.

From her study Lizzie could see the keys on the sycamore already turning coral and yellow leaves flecking the huge weeping willow which blocked her view of the lake.

He staggered between them with his head hanging, saliva flecking his jaw.

The frames fanned the grain, the men leaned indulgently forward in their saddles, the chaff and dust flew high, flecking the sunshine.

He picked out a huge amorphous lump of dark grey colour, in which the black specks and fleckings of its imperfections were obvious to the naked eye and the flaws and fracture lines cut ffirough its interior like soft silver leaves.