speck

The painter adds, as grace notes, eight daubs of red, two no larger than a speck, to the prevailing gray.

Roz had picked every speck of dirt from her body, and now she blended in with all the normal robots going about their normal morning routines.

We were just specks in the ocean, as tiny as a velella or an anchovy, part of a big, watery world.

These allusions to Ireland are ever-present in the band’s creations, with titles such as “Tir na nÓg” and “Connla’s Well” specked across their discography.

To ensure there’s never a speck of dust on the floor, Herbert and his crew use electric leaf blowers each day to clean the massive space.