specking

Being out for a syndicate, who naturally wanted something big in the way of a reef, we were precluded from the alluring search for alluvial, "specking," as it is termed.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

It is in such places that "specking" may be carried on, which consists in walking slowly about with eyes to the ground, and picking up any nuggets that may be seen.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

Each time she opens her mouth you can see why during the presidential race they limited her from specking.

Palin warns of 'Second Holocaust' if Iran gains nuclear weapons 2010

Also, "specking out" (so high you're a speck in the sky).

Buzzwords 2008

Thanks to advanced software, Horbury could flip open a laptop and be in two places at once, fly-specking everything about the car's sleek aluminum and leather interior, even if he couldn't actually sit in it.

Styling With Digital Clay 2007

In the gloom, they steer their carts to the gate at the Venice Fishing Pier and wait-10, 20 of them, sipping coffee, the orange glow of their cigarettes specking the dark as they wait for the pier guard to drowsily unlock the gates at 6 a.m.

Fishing the Venice Beach Pier Jonathan Miles 2005

CHEN: Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah specking of what he called a good victory today in the Senate for supporters of John Ashcroft, who did win his confirmation this afternoon.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: John Ashcroft Confirmed as Attorney General - February 1, 2001 2001

Posted at the lookout on the port bridge was Petty Officer Nakano, the torpedo man, who stood there every night but saw only a boundless expanse of water, without even a seabird specking the sky.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

Posted at the lookout on the port bridge was Petty Officer Nakano, the torpedo man, who stood there every night but saw only a boundless expanse of water, without even a seabird specking the sky.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

Shortly after my paper reached the White House, Bud McFarlane let me know that the NSC staff over there was “fly specking” it.

Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993