[fleck] vt [back-formation fr. flecked spotted, fr. ME, prob. fr. ON flekkottr, fr. flekkr spot] (14c) 1: streak, spot "whitecaps ~ed the blue sea"
2: to color as if by sprinkling with flecks "his wit is ~ed with sarcasm --James Atlas"
[2]fleck n (1598) 1: spot, mark "a brown tweed with ~s of yellow"
2: flake, particle "~s of snow drifted down"