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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spreckled, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. spreckled (1535), Icel. spreklóttr, obs. Germ. sprecklicht.] Speckled. —1680 Aberd. Council Lett. VI 218.
It wold have prompted pitie from any man to sie how Baillie Aidie hes bein served … so that he wes left as a spreckled bird to lead and carry through so universall a complent 1697 Old-lore Misc. VIII 7.
A gray spreckled cowe steirk a1646 Wedderburn Voc. (1709) 11.
Salar hic, a spreckled trout
