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

  Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Dotting}.]
     1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a


        landscape dotted with cottages.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Dotted \Dot"ted\, a.
     Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified
     with small, detached objects.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Dotted note} (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an
        increase of length equal to one half of its simple value;
        thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a
        dotted quarter to three eighth notes.
  
     {Dotted rest}, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner
        as a dotted note.
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     Note: Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to
           indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters
           of their simple value, and they are then said to be
           double-dotted.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dotted
       adj 1: having a pattern of dots [syn: {flecked}, {specked}, {speckled},
               {stippled}]
       2: having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" [syn: {dashed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dot
       n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
            between the dots" [syn: {point}]
       2: the United States federal department that institutes and
          coordinates national transportation programs; created in
          1966 [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {Transportation}]
       3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
          code [syn: {dit}]
       4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {back
          breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {Elvis}, {loony toons},
          {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window
          pane}, {Zen}]
       v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
            constellated with lights" [syn: {stud}, {constellate}]
       2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
          wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dust}, {disperse}]
       3: make a dot or dots
       4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
       [also: {dotting}, {dotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dotted
       See {dot}

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

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "dotted":
     bespangled, blotched, blotchy, dotty, dusted, flea-bitten, flecked,
     fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckly, macular, maculate,
     maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille,
     pointillistic, polka-dot, powdered, punctated, spangled, spattered,
     specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splattered, splotched,
     splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded
  
  

















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