Meaning of befleck | Babel Free

Definitions

to cover with small spots or flecks

poetic

Examples

“The world is filled with changeful light⟳, The clouds befleck the sky, And o’er the fields, to harvest⟳ white, The trooping shadows fly⟳.”

“I am not of those Fairies seen Tripping by moonlight on the green, Whose dewdrop bumpers, nightly poured, Befleck the mushroom’s virgin board⟳, […]”

“Soon the heaps of rags become⟳ transformed into dark shapeless masses, patches of black which befleck the rosy gray of the enchanted city; but ever and anon a cough or a groan may be heard, and sometimes a leg or an arm protrudes from the ragged heap and stretches itself quiveringly into the air.”

“The buttercups befleck the hills with gold, The bluejay calls, the lusty robin sings; I look⟳ across the landscape and, behold! The birds have⟳ brought the Southland on their wings.”

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