| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British : spot. See BIG. 2. A very small mark: dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, point, spot. See MARKS. | | VERB: | To mark with many small spots: bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper, speckle, sprinkle, stipple. See MARKS.
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