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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat
of the hippopotamus. |
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A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place
of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain;
a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. |
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A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust;
he has not a speck of money. |
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A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the
Eastern United States. |
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To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially
specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper
specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. |
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