3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. [1913 Webster] The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] 2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. [1913 Webster] It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. [1913 Webster] Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. [1913 Webster] He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. [1913 Webster] Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: blotted See {blot}
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