Blot

[Blot]

A blemish made by dirt

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To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

Noun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Verb
make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"

Verb
dry (ink) with blotting paper

v. t.
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

v. t.
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

v. t.
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

v. t.
To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

v. i.
To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

n.
A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

n.
An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.

n.
A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

n.
An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

n.
A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.

n.
A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

Blot

Blot , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blotting.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d Blot.] 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.
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.
One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper. Syn. -- To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.

Blot

Blot, v. i. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

Blot

Blot, 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. 2. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. Dryden. 3. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
This deadly blot in thy digressing son.

Blot

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.
He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit.
2. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

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Usage Examples

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

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Other Usage Examples

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.