† fleckenv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. intransitive. To take a fleck or shade of colour; to colour, turn.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > become coloured [verb (intransitive)]
fleckena1642
hue1682
tone1868
tint1892
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 52 When they [sc. Oates] once beginne to shoote they will streightway after beginne to flecken.
2. transitive. To mark with flecks.
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1881 [see fleckened adj. at Derivatives].
Derivatives
ˈfleckened adj. flecked, grained, marked.
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1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) You nivver see a prittier fleckened bit o' mapple-wood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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