Blot — Defs

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

imp. & p. p. Blotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blotting

1.
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
“The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.” — Gascoigne.
2.
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
“It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.” — Shak.
3.
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
“Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood.” — Rowe.
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.” — Dryden.
5.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
“He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.” — Cowley.
6.
To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

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

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

1.
A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
2.
An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
3.
A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
“This deadly blot in thy digressing son.” — Shak.

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

1.
An exposure of a single man to be taken up.(Backgammon)
“He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit.” — Dryden.
2.
A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.