n. & v.
--n.
1. a small patch of colour or light (eyes with green flecks).
2 a small particle or speck, esp. of dust.
3 a spot on the skin; a freckle.
--v.tr. mark with flecks; dapple; variegate.
Etymology: perh. f. ON flekkr (n.), flekka (v.), or MLG, MDu. vlecke, OHG flec, fleccho