Fleck: alternatives and connections

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.

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To mark with speckles or spots.

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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

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To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

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A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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A spot; a stain; a daub.

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the lus…

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The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

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See 1st Frith.

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A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

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A spot.

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A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star cl…

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A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the su…

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Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung…

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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.

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To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

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To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

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A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar…

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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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of Mark

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To mark with speckles or spots.

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To mark with speckles or spots.

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A suffocating smoke.

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A suffocating smoke.

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To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

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To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

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The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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One of the spots on a dappled animal.

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A paling; a hurdle.

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The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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