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peckle
▪ I. peckle, n. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈpɛk(ə)l) [Reduced from speckle; but cf. peckled.] A spot, a speckle. Also attrib., as peckle-head, a partridge.1570 Levins Manip. 47/19 A Peckle, macula. Ibid. 125/29 A Peckil, macula. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 311/1 A Partridge [is called], first a Peckle-Head. 188... Oxford English Dictionary
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peckly
ˈpeckly, a. rare. [f. peckle n. + -y.] Characterized by speckles or spots, ‘peckled’.1859 All Year R. No. 29. 58 Shropshire and Staffordshire [had] the once famous peckly-faced breed. Ibid. 61 The ‘peckly’ face which once distinguished the hill sheep of Shropshire has become an uniform grey. Oxford English Dictionary
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pecul
pecul variant of picul; obs. form of peckle. Oxford English Dictionary
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peckled
peckled, a. Now dial. (ˈpɛk(ə)ld) Also 6 peculd, 7 peackled, 8–9 pecklt. [f. peckle n. or v.1 + -ed: or perh. directly from speckled.] Spotted, variegated, speckled; parti-coloured. Also comb.1552–3 Inv. Ch. Gds., Staffs. in Ann. Lichfield (1863) IV. 20 Itm. iiij albes, on cope of saten bruges, & on... Oxford English Dictionary
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peggle
▪ I. peggle, n. dial. (ˈpɛg(ə)l) Also pegall, pigall. [Origin unknown: by some associated with pig.] A local name for the fruit of the hawthorn; a haw.1827 Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1598 ‘Haws’..in the west are called pegalls or pigalls. 1879 Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. xi. 223 Pigeons feed on the pe... Oxford English Dictionary
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speckle
▪ I. speckle, n. (ˈspɛk(ə)l) Also 5 spakle, spakkyl, spackyll, specle, 6 speccle, speckil. [Corresponds to MDu. speckel (Flem. spekel, Du. spikkel): see speck n.1 and -le.] 1. a. A speck, small spot or mark, esp. one occurring on the skin, body, etc.; a natural marking of this nature; a small patch ... Oxford English Dictionary
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speck
▪ I. speck, n.1 (spɛk) Forms: 1 specca, 5–7 specke, 5 spe(c)kke, speke; 4, 7, 9 U.S. spec, 5 spekk, 6 spek, 7– speck. [OE. specca, not found in the cognate languages, but cf. speckle n.] 1. a. A small spot of a different colour or substance to that of the material or surface upon which it appears; a... Oxford English Dictionary
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