† spleckn.
Obsolete. rare.
A speck, a spot.
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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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n.1398- roll away
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- roll bar
- roll boiling
- roll bones
- roll bread
- roll brimstone
- roll by
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- roll carding
- roll carriage
- roll cast
- roll casting
- roll cloud
- roll collar
- roll cumulus
- roll down
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- roll feed
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