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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blot \blot\, v. t. imp. p. p. blotted; p. pr. vb. n.
blotting. cf. dan. plette. see 3d blot.
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1. to spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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the brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
--gascoigne.
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2. to impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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it blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
--shak.
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3. to stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --rowe.
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4. to obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface;
-- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a
sentence. often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
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one act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
--dryden.
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5. to obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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he sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
--cowley.
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6. to dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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syn: to obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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see also:
blotted blotting blot
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
blot
n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" syn:
smudge, spot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" syn: smear, smirch,
spot, stain
v 1: dry ink with blotting paper
2: make a spot or mark onto; "the wine spotted the tablecloth"
syn: spot, fleck, blob
also: blotting, blotted
see also:
smudge spot daub smear smirch slur
stain fleck blob blotting blotted
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
blotting
see blot
see also:
blot
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