2. Adjective. (informal) Spectacular ¹
3. Noun. (Australia informal) A spectacular catch in Australian rules football ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Specky
1. having specks [adj SPECKIER, SPECKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Specky
Literary usage of Specky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"Obs.— When thé potatoes are getting old ami specky, and in frosty weather, this
is the best way of dressing them. Yoa may put them into shapes or small ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1905)
"... The complaint so commonly heard of specky glass arises from the presence in
the glass of white particles of an infusible ..."
3. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Imperial Institute (Great Britain), Frederick Augustus Abel (1903)
"Dull grey, specky, mostly tender, mixed. Dull grey, of mixed strength, rather
specky. Bright, clear, of medium strength, rather specky. ..."
4. The Painters' Encyclopaedia: Containing Definitions of All Important Words by Franklin B. Gardner (1887)
"... will sometimes cause a specky finish. "Chilling" of varnish is sometimes caused
by keeping the cans stored in a cold place or setting upon the floor, ..."
5. Works of Art and Artists in England by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1838)
"and many parts having become dark, the effect is specky and inharmonious. ALBANO.
— Salmacis and Hermaphroditus ; from the Orleans Gallery. ..."
6. Revelations of a German Attaché: Ten Years of German-American Diplomacy by Emil Witte (1916)
""specky" his successor.—Women's war at the Embassy. ... specky" a sick little man.
BERNARD VON BULOW in the German Parliament angrily deprecated the ..."
7. Treatise Relative to the Testing of Water-wheels and Machinery: With Various by James Emerson (1881)
"The flour produced from the first grinding was »Iso more or less specky and
discolored, and, in everything but strength, inferior to that made from winter ..."
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