Of cattle: ‘Having white spots or streaks’ (Jamieson); spotted, streaked, as in red-hawked.

In senses of the verb: Marked with lines, furrows, or grooves.

Of cattle: = tagged, adj. 3. Obsolete.

Of an animal, esp. a cow: having a (usually white) streak along the back. Cf. white rigged adj. at white, adj. n.compounds 1f. Now Scottish.

= spinked, adj.

Spangled, flecked, variegated, etc. Usually of cattle.

Flecked, speckled, spotted. Usually of cattle.

Of cattle: ? Brindled.

(See quots.)

dialect. Of cattle: Mottled; = sparked, adj. 1.

= finched, adj.

Of cattle: Having a broad band of white round the body. (Cf. sheet-cow n. at sheet, n.1 compounds 2.)