spinkedadj.
northern dialect.
Flecked, speckled, spotted. Usually of cattle.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular markings
hawked?a1513
scored1535
tailed1539
rigged1555
spink1558
spanged1582
spinked1588
wanded1713
finched1786
sparky1787
finch-backed1790
sheeted1834
the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled
freckledc1380
specked1382
specky1382
splecked1382
peckleda1400
speckleda1400
pleckedc1410
frecknyc1440
sparkled1480
spurtled1513
sprittleda1522
spreckled1535
speckle1536
pickled1552
spink1558
bespecked1565
spanged1582
spinked1588
spangled1590
dotted1601
bespeckled1607
peppery1610
peppered1694
fleckled1700
spankled1703
speckly1705
pounced1727
punctulateda1728
dotty1795
punctulate1845
naevose1847
peckly1859
polka-dotted1872
stippled1876
oatmeal1880
guttulate1887
naevous1890
stipply1892
thrush-breast1896
skittery1955
1588 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 163 A tagged cowe spinked.
1591 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 176 A whye stirke spinked.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Spinked, spotted.
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