scruple vs speck

scruple

noun
  • A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). 

  • Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience. 

  • A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour. 

verb
  • To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. 

  • To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience. 

  • To regard with suspicion; to question. 

speck

noun
  • Fat; lard; fat meat. 

  • A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. 

  • The fat of the hippopotamus. 

  • A very small thing; a particle; a whit. 

  • A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. 

  • The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. 

  • A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. 

verb
  • To mark with specks; to speckle. 

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