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Fleck vs Sleck - What's the difference?

fleck | sleck |

As an adjective fleck

is fledged, full-fledged.

As a verb sleck is

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fleck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flake
  • A lock, as of wool.
  • A small spot or streak; a speckle.
  • * Longfellow
    • A sunny fleck .
  • * Tennyson
    • Life is dashed with flecks of sin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark with small spots
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

    • sleck

    English

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • :to sleck lime
  • (label) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
  • (label) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

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