† spleckyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Spotty.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) viii. xxviii Yf þe sonne is splekky,..it bodeþ a rayny day.
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adj.1398- to fish in drumly waters
- to fish in troubled waters
- to fish lie on or upon the grabble
- to fish on or upon the grabble
- to fish out
- to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach
- to fish the anchor
- to fish together
- to fish with fly
- to fist a person with
- to fist about
- to fist with
- to fit it
- to fit like a glove
- to fit like wax
- to cheat on
- to check a bowline
- to check a brace
- to check a cable
- to check a person
- to check a person's oil
- to check all the boxes
- to check all the right boxes
- to check at
- to check at the fist