Flecking

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fleck \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl[aum]cka, D. vlekken,
     vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.]
     To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
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           Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain.
                                                    --Dryden.
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           A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. --Trench.
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