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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Blotting.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d Blot.]
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     1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
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              The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
                                                    --Gascoigne.
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     2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
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              It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
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              Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
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     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.
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              One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
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              He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
                                                    --Cowley.
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     6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
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     Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
          disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
                                                    --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.
  
     Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
          disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.

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 ]


  blotting
       See blot

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blotting
     n.
     A blot; a stain.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  blotting
     n.
     A blot; a stain.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  blotting
     n.
     A blot; a stain.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blot nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  blotting
     n.
     A blot; a stain.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blot nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Blotting /blˈɒtɪŋ/
  التّنشيف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blotting /blˈɒtɪŋ/ 
  poskvrňující