speck vs spillikin

speck

• 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. 

• Fat; lard; fat meat. 

• The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. 

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

• To mark with specks; to speckle. 

spillikin

• One of the straws (or small pieces of wood, ivory, etc.) used in the game of jackstraws or spillikins.