blot

n. [ Cf. Dan. blot bare, naked, Sw. blott, d. bloot, G. bloss, and perh. E. bloat. ] 1. (Backgammon) (a) An exposure of a single man to be taken up. (b) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. blettr, Dan. plet. ] 1. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur. “Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish. [ 1913 Webster ]

This deadly blot in thy digressing son. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot. ] 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked or covered with blotches. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having blotches. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloting. ] [ Cf. Sw. blöt-fisk soaked fish, fr. blöta to soak. See 1st Bloat. ] To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without blot. [ 1913 Webster ]