Blotch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blotch \Blotch\, 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.
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              Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow.
                                                    --Harvey.
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     2. (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.
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              Foul scurf and blotches him defile.   --Thomson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blotch
       n : an irregularly shaped spot [syn: {splodge}, {splotch}]
       v : mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of
           color as if stained [syn: {mottle}, {streak}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "blotch":
     band, bar, bedarken, besmirch, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot,
     birthmark, black, blacken, blackwash, blaze, blaze a trail,
     blemish, bloodstain, blot, blur, brand, caste mark, chalk,
     chalk up, charcoal, check, check off, checker, checkmark, cicatrix,
     cicatrize, cork, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, darken,
     dash, daub, define, delimit, demarcate, denigrate, dinge, discolor,
     discoloration, dot, dottedness, earmark, ebonize, engrave,
     engraving, eyesore, flake, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckle,
     freckliness, gash, graving, hack, harlequin, hatch, impress,
     imprint, ink, iris, jot, lentigo, line, macula, maculate,
     maculation, macule, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off,
     mark out, marking, melanize, mole, motley, mottle, mottledness,
     murk, nevus, nick, nigrify, notch, oversmoke, patch, pencil,
     pepper, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, polychrome,
     polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow,
     riddle, scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scratch,
     scratching, seal, seam, shade, shadow, smear, smirch, smoke,
     smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soilage, soilure, soot,
     spangle, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter,
     splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp,
     stigma, stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling,
     strawberry mark, streak, striate, stripe, stud, taint, tarnish,
     tattoo, tattoo mark, tessellate, tick, tick off, tittle, trace,
     underline, underscore, variegate, vein, watermark