† spleck Obs. rare.
In 4–5 splek(ke, 5 spleke.
[Cf. next and pleck 2.]
A speck, a spot.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xviii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe mone..takeþ a foule splekke and vnsemely. Ibid. viii. xxix. (Tollem. MS.), Þe schadow of þe erþe, of þe whiche is reboundid a maner dym splek [1495 spleke] in þe body of þe mone. |