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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls (Naut.), falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.

fferent substance or color from that of the thing itself. An huge great serpent, all with speckles pied. Spebser.

or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos. -- Speckled trout. (Zoöl.) (a) The common American brook trout. See Trout. (b) The rainbow trout.

The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]

The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

The quality of being speckled.

The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.

A woodpecker. See Speight.

To mark with speckles or spots. Milton.

A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized. [Scot.]

One of the whitish specks called aphthæ.

Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Having bad or speckled eyes. "A buck-eyed horse." James White.

Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure. A fair white linen cloth. Book of Common Prayer.

A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.

ve and diuretic. See Digitalis. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.

Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying; -- said of tobacco used for cigar wrappers.