Blot

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

II. Blot ·noun An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

III. Blot ·noun A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

IV. Blot ·vt To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

V. Blot ·vi To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

VI. Blot ·noun A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

VII. Blot ·noun A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.

VIII. Blot ·vt To stain with infamy; to Disgrace.

IX. Blot ·noun A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

X. Blot ·noun An obliteration of something written or printed; an Erasure.

XI. Blot ·vt To Obscure; to Eclipse; to Shadow.

XII. Blot ·vt To Impair; to Damage; to Mar; to Soil.

XIII. Blot ·vt 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.

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