† spleckn.
Obsolete. rare.
A speck, a spot.
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speckc725
moleeOE
spot?c1225
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tachea1400
motec1400
macule?a1425
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) viii. xviii Þe mone..takeþ a foule splekke and vnsemely.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) viii. xxix Þe schadow of þe erþe, of þe whiche is reboundid a maner dym splek [1495 spleke] in þe body of þe mone.
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